See also:CLERESTORY, or CLEARSTORY (Ital. chiaro piano, Fr. clairevoie, claire etage, Ger. Lichtgaden)
, in See also:architecture, the upper See also:storey of the See also:nave 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, the walls of which rise above the aisles and are pierced with windows (" clere " being simply " clear," in the sense of " lighted ")
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Sometimes these windows are very small, being See also:mere quatrefoils or spherical triangles
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In large buildings, however, they are important See also:objects, both for beauty and utility
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The windows of the clerestories of See also:Norman See also:work, even in large churches, are of less importance than in the later styles
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In See also:Early See also:English they became larger; and in the Decorated they are more important still, being lengthened as the See also:triforium diminishes
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In Perpendicular work the latter often disappears altogether, and in many later churches, as at See also:Taunton, and many churches in See also:Norfolk and See also:Suffolk, the clerestories are See also:close ranges of windows
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The See also:term is equally applicable to the See also:Egyptian temples, where the See also:lighting of the See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall of columns was obtained over the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:roofs of the adjoining aisles, through slits pierced in See also:vertical slabs of stone
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The See also:Romans also in their See also:baths and palaces employed the same method, and probably derived it from the Greeks; in the palaces at See also:Crete, however, See also:light-See also:wells would seem to have been employed
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