- from them were
built without transepts;
sometimes the
transepts were
reduced to
matched chapels. More often, the
transepts extended well
beyond the sides...
- (normally western) main
entrance or rear wall, to the
transepts, or in a
church without transepts, to the chancel. When a
church contains side aisles,...
-
above reaches 77'-10"
above the floor. The nave and
transepts seat 2,000 congregants; each
transept seats 500
people and the nave
welcomes 1,000 people...
- a four-bay choir; a
second set of
transepts,
projecting only
above half-height; and the Lady Chapel. The
transepts are in line with the high
altar and...
- the
transepts in interior: 451 feet (137 m)
Width of nave: 90.2 feet (27.5 m)
Width at the tribune: 78.7 feet (24.0 m)
Internal width at
transepts: 451...
- 1671
Vaults of the
crypt Romanesque pillars,
vaults and
squinches of the
transept In 1002,
following the
death of the Holy
Roman Emperor Otto III, a battle...
-
shaped like a cross,
transepts are ‘arm’
shapes of the cross, and the
chancel is the
center of the church,
where the
transepts and nave meet. In the...
- Cathedral, with its
minimal transepts and
semicircular apse,
filled with chapels, on the east end,
compared with the
double transepts,
projecting north porch...
-
against the pre-existing 11th-century cloisters. To make the
transepts match, the
south transept overhangs the
western cloister; this
permitted a room above...
-
generally located within the
choir or the apse.
Transept:
Sometimes called the ‘Crossing’, the
transept forms wings at
right angles to the nave. In early...
