A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 31
eight;but in a fewRomanesquechurches, suchas the Cathednilof Tournai inBelgium, and inone or two laterNotre Dame of Vusually called a ga AISLE aisles on each side is said to be five-aisled.Tiiis use of the term is to be contrasted withthe French use of nef for any longitudinal divi-sion. C. By… … Aisle: South .\isi.k of rETHiatuuouoH C.vrnKoit.VL. incs, such as the Cathedralris, there is an upper story,ery, and probably used in theMiddle Ages as a iilnce of safe keeping for theproperty of persons gi)ing on a pilgrimage or acrusade. B. By extension, any one of the longitudi-nal divisions of…
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