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Pre-Engineered
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Pre-Romanesque
Architecture |
The several regional and transitional styles
between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Romanesque
architecture in the 11th century.
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Presbytery, Presbyterium |
The actual sanctuary of a church beyond the choir
and occupied only by the officiating clergy.
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Proaulion |
In the early church, and in the modern Greek
Church, the porch or vestibule of the church, an outer porch before
the narthex.
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Procathedral |
A church used as the cathedral church of a diocese
while the property church remains unfinished or under repair.
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Pronaos |
A lobby or vestibule.
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Proscenium |
In the modern theater, that part of the stage
which lies between the curtain and the orchestra, the forestage.
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Proscenium Arch |
An arch or any equivalent opening in the proscenium
wall through which the stage is seen by the audience.
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Prothesis |
In a Greek church, a chapel beside the sanctuary,
usually on the north side of the bema.
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Pulpit |
In early church architecture, an elevated enclosed
stand in a church in which the priest or preacher stands in order
to give his homily or sermon.
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Pulpit |
The podium behind which a clergy members stands
when delivering their message.
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Putto |
In Renaissance architecture a decorative sculpture
or painting featuring a chubby naked infant.
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Quadratura |
In Baroque interiors and derivatives, painted
architecture, often continuing the three-dimensional trim.
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Quadripartite
Vault |
A groined valut over a rectangular area, the
area defined by ribs on each side and divided into four parts
by intersecting diagonals.
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Quatrefoils |
A four-lobed pattern divided by cusps.
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Radiating Chapels |
Chapels projecting radially from the curve of
an ambulatory.
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Rayonnant Style |
The middle phase of French Gothic architecture
in the 13th and 14th century characterized by radiating lines
of tracery.
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Recessed Light |
A small light fixture recessed into the ceiling
that usually concentrates the light in a downward direction.
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Refectory |
A dining hall in a seminary, convent or monastery
where meals are served.
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Relief |
Carving, chasing or embossing raised above a
background plane.
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