architecture

Question 1

Bas-côté

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Aisle

Space alongside the body of a church, separated from it by columns, piers or posts.

Question 2

Autel

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Altar

The table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services.

Question 3

Retable

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Altarpiece

A painting or carving above or behind an altar.

Question 4

Abside

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Apse

Semicircular or polygonal extension, especially of a chancel or chapel. In classical architecture sometimes called an exedra.

Question 5

Archivolte / voussure

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Archivolt

Under-surface of an arch, or a moulded band following its contour.

Question 6

Voute en berceau

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Barrel vault

The simplest kind of vault, in the form of a continuous semicircular or pointed arch

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Cénotaphe

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Cenotaph

A funerary monument to someone buried elsewhere

Question 8

Salle du chapitre

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Chapter house

The place of assembly for the members of a monastery or cathedral

Question 9

Chevet

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Chevet

A complex of elaborate architectural structures at the eastern end of a church, especially a French Gothic church, usually consisting of a semicircular or polygonal apse with radiating chapels and many buttresses

Question 10

Chœur

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Choir

The part of a church where the choir performs.

Question 11

Claire-voie

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Clerestory

The upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, incorporating a series of windows which admit light to the central parts of the building

Question 12

Cloître

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Cloister

A covered, and typically colonnaded, passage round an open court in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral.

Question 13

Croisée du transept

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Crossing

The intersection of a church nave and trancept

Question 14

Arc boutant

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Flying buttress

An exterior support for a wall that sticks out from the wall and is typically arch-shaped, often used in Gothic cathedrals.

Question 15

Gargouille

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Gargoyle

Grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building to carry water clear of a wall.

Question 16

Gothique

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Gothic

Style of architecture prevalent in western europe in the 12th-16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, elaborate tracery and large windows.

Question 17

Voutes d’arrêtes

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Groin vault

A vault formed of two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles.

Question 18

Clef de voute

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Keystone

Central stone in an arch or vault.

Question 19

Narthex

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Narthex

Enclosed vestibule or covered porch at the main entrance to a church.

Question 20

Nef

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Nave

The central part of a church apart from the side aisles, chancel, and transepts.

Question 21

Chaire

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Pulpit

Raised and enclosed platform for the preaching of sermons.

Question 22

Voûte d’ogive

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Rib vault

A vault with a masonry framework of intersecting diagonal arches (ribs) supporting cells, used in Gothic and late Norman architecture.

Question 23

Roman

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Romanesque

The dominant style of western Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries. It is associated with the building of large stone churches, and is characterized by round-headed arches and by the use of stylized ornament. In England it is commonly known as norman.

Question 24

Rosace

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Rose window

Circular window with tracery radiating from the centre.

Question 25

Vitraux

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Stained glass ## Footnote Pieces of coloured glass held in place by thin strips of metal (usually lead) to form pictures in a window

Question 26

Clocher

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Steepl ## Footnote A church tower

Question 27

Remplage

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Tracery ## Footnote Ornamental stonework in an opening, most common in gothic architecture

Question 28

Transept

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Transept ## Footnote In a church, either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.

Question 29

Triforium

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Triforium ## Footnote A gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.

Question 30

Tympan

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Tympanum ## Footnote A recess, especially the recessed space between the top of a door or window and the arch above it, or between the cornices forming a classical triangular gable pediment

Question 31

Voûte

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Volt ## Footnote An arched stone roof

Question 32

Sacristie

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Vestry ## Footnote A room in or attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into ceremonial vestments.

Question 33

Barbacane

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barbacan ## Footnote Outer section of a fortification defending

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Poutre

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Beam ## Footnote A horizontal structural member, a long piece of timber, metal, or concrete that spans a gaps and supports a floor, roof, or other structure above.

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Beffroi

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Belfry ## Footnote Chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung

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Bow window

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Bow window ## Footnote A curved projection window

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Contrefort

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Buttress ## Footnote A projecting support built against a wall

Question 38

Courtine

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Curtain wall ## Footnote A fortified wall around a medieval castle, typically one liking towers together

Question 39

Porte à faux

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Cantilever ## Footnote Horizontonal projection supportes at one end only

Question 40

# l Pont levis

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Draw bridge ## Footnote A bridge which is hinged at one end so that it can be raised

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Cachot

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Dungeon ## Footnote A prison cell, often underground, especially beneath a castle

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Donjon

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Keep ## Footnote The strongest or central tower of a castle

Question 43

Meneau

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Mullion ## Footnote A vertical piece of stone, metal, or wood, that divides the panes of a window or the panels of a screen

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Pinacle

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Pinnacle ## Footnote Pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet

Question 45

Portail

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Portal ## Footnote A large elaborate gate or entrance (literary)

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Flêche

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Spire ## Footnote Tall pyramidal or conical feature crowning a tower

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Tuile

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Tile ## Footnote A thin flat or curved