A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 77
services were celebrated, and which wasappropriated to the priest and canons and others assisting inthe services : it was separated from the other parts of thebuilding in which the congregation assemble, by a screen,which was usually of open-work. In large churches thereare generally aisles at the… … Chepstow Castle, c. 1320. Sherborne, Dorset, c. 1320. 69 cathedrals: it is usually raised at least one step above thenave, and in strictness does not extend further eastwardthan the steps leading up to the altar where the presby-tery or sanctuary begins, but this distinction is by nomeans adhered…
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