TRIFORIUM  , an architectural See also:

• TERM

term, the origin of which is unknown but probably derived from " thoroughfarum," as it was used as a passage from one end of the See also:

• BUILDING

building to the other . The derivation from See also:

• LAT

Lat. tres, tri, three, and foris„See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, entrance, does not seem appropriate . The earliest examples are those in the See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan basilicas, where it constituted an upper See also:

• GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

galley for conversation and business; in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian basilicas it was usually reserved for See also:

• WOMEN

women, and the same applied to those in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine 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 . In Romanesque and See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic buildings it is either a spacious See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery over the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side aisles or is reduced to a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple passage in the thickness of the walls; in either See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it forms an important architectural See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in the See also:

• NAVE

nave of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral or church, and being of less height gives more importance to the ground See also:

• STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey or nave See also:

• ARCADE

arcade . In consequence of its less height it was usually divided into two See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, which were again subdivided into two smaller arches and these subdivisions increased the See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the richness of its See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings and carved See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament in the See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture introduced in the spandrils, it became the most highly decorated feature of the interior, the triforium at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln being one of the most beautiful compositions of Gothic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture . Even when reduced to a simple passage it was always a highly enriched feature . In the 15th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century churches in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, when the roof over the aisles was comparatively See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, more height being required for the See also:

• CLERESTORY, or CLEARSTORY (Ital. chiaro piano, Fr. clairevoie, claire etage, Ger. Lichtgaden)

clerestory windows, the triforium was dispensed with altogether . In the See also:

• GREAT

great cathedrals and abbeys the triforium was often occupied by persons who came to See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness various ceremonies, and in early days was probably utilized by the monks and See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy for See also:

• WORK

work connected with the church . From the constructive point of view, the triforium sometimes served very important functions, as under its roof exist arches and vaults carried from the nave to the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, to which they transmitted the thrust of the nave vault; even when the flying See also:

• BUTTRESS (from the O. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. " butt " and " abutment ")

buttress was frankly adopted by the Gothic architect and emphasized by its architectural See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design as an important feature, other See also:

• CROSS

cross arches were introduced under the roof to strengthen it .