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Rood Stairs |
Stairs by which the rood loft is approached.
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Rood Tower |
A tower built over the crossing and hence approximately
above the rood.
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Rosette |
A round pattern with a carved or painted conventionalized
floral motif.
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Rose Window |
A large circular window ornamented with the foils
of patterned tracery giving the effect of spokes of a wheel typically
place above the choir or organ loft and installed in the front
of the church.
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Round Church |
A church whose plan is a circle.
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Rubblework |
Stone masonry built of stones of different sizes,
types laid in a random pattern.
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Running Ornament |
Any molding ornament in which the design is continuous
in intertwined or flowing lines as in foliage, meanders, etc.
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Sacrarium |
Any consecrated place, in Roman or medieval architecture;
a shrine, a chapel, or a sacristy for keeping liturgical objects.
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Sacristy |
A church room in which the sacred items- vessels,
vestments and any valuable items were stored. Also the room in
which the priest robed, also known as the vestry.
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Sanctuary |
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Sanctus Bell |
A bell hung in an exterior turret or a bell cot
over or near the chancel arch which was run to fix the attention
of those not in the church to the service of the mass.
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Sarcophagus |
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Sassanian
Architecture |
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Saucer Dome |
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Scagliola |
A material used to imitate marble which was used
by the Romans and later in England, Italy and elsewhere. It consists
of gypsum, isinglass, glue and sometimes fragments of marble.
The resulting compound was hard and could be polished. In 16th
century Italy it was used for table tops among other things, and
in England during the 17th and 18th centuries it was popular for
floors, table tops, decorative inlay and other purposes.
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Sconce |
An ornamental light fixture attached to a wall
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Sconcheon |
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Sconcheon Arch |
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Scriptorium |
A writing room; specifically, the room assigned
in a monastery for the copying of manuscripts.
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Scroll |
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