See also:AISLE (from See also:Lat. See also:ala, a wing)
, a See also:term which in its See also:primary sense means the wing of a See also:house, but is generally applied in See also:architecture to the lateral divisions of a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church or large See also:building
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The earliest example is that found in the See also:basilica of See also:Trajan, which had See also:double aisles on either See also:side of the central See also:area; the same number existed in the See also:original church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's at See also:Rome, in the basilica at See also:Bethlehem, and according to See also:Eusebius in the church of the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre at See also:Jerusalem
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The aisles are divided from the See also:nave or central area by colonnades or arcades, and may flank also the See also:transept or See also:choir, being distinguished as nave-aisles, transept-aisles or choir-aisles
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If the choir is semi-circular, and the aisles, carried See also:round, give See also:access to a See also:series of chapels, the whole arrangement is known as the See also:chevet
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As a See also:rule in See also:Great See also:Britain there is only one See also:aisle on each side of the nave, the only exceptions being See also:Chichester and See also:Elgin cathedrals, where there are two
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Many See also:European cathedrals have two aisles on each side, as those of See also:Paris, See also:Bourges, See also:Amiens, See also:Troyes, St Sernin, See also:Toulouse, See also:Cologne, See also:Milan, See also:Seville, See also:Toledo; and in those of Paris, See also:Chartres, Amiens and Bourges, Seville and Toledo, double aisles flank the choir on each side
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The See also:cathedral at See also:Antwerp has three aisles on each side
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In some of the churches in See also:Germany the aisles are of the same height as the nave
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These churches are known as Hallenkirchen, the See also:principal examples being St See also:Stephen's, See also:Vienna, the Weissekirche at See also:Soest, St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's, See also:Landshut, See also:Munich cathedral, and the Marienkirche at See also:Danzig
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