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Arcosolium |
An arched recess or sepulchral cell in a Roman subterranean burial
place or catacomb.
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Ark |
The case in which the scrolls of the Laws are
kept.
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Artesonado |
(Spanish) Timber paneled ceiling shaped like
an inverted trough.
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Assembly Hall |
A large room used for the purpose of having people
come together for the purpose of meeting,worshiping, celebrating
or other activities as a group. Some religious groups refer to
the area where they worship as the assembly hall.
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Art Glass |
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Ataurique |
(Spanish, from Arabic) Plasterwork incised with
patterns of flowers and leaves.
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Athenaeum |
A temple or place dedicated to Athene, or Minerva;
specifically an institution founded at Rome by Hadrian for the
promotion of literary and scientific studies and imitated in the
provinces.
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Atrium |
The forecourt of a Christian basilica, with colonnades
on all four sides and usually a fountain for ablutions in the
center.
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Auditorium |
A building designed for public gatherings typically
having a seating area, a stage area.
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Auditorium Seating |
Manufactured row chairs or theater seats for
stepped, level, or inclined floors in rooms or areas occupied
by an audience. Although common in Synagogue Architecture for
over 70 years this style of seating has become popular in contemporary
Christian churches over the last thirty.
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Attic |
In classic building, a story built above the
wall cornice.
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Auditory |
The nave of a church.
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Back Choir |
A chapel behind the high altar of a church but
in front of the Lady chapel.
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Backdrop |
On the theatre stage, a large taut flat canvas
usually hung from the grid at the rear of the stage to mask the
backstage area.
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Balcony Rail |
A structure consisting of rails and their sustaining
posts, balusters or pillars and constituting an enclosure.
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Baldachin, Baldacchino,
Baldachino |
An ornamental canopy over an altar usually supported
on columns.
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Balteus |
The band in the middle of the bolster of an Ionic
capital. The band joining the volutes of an Ionic capital. One
of the passages dividing the auditorium of ancient Roman theatres
and amphitheatreshorizontally into upper and lower zones.
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Baluster |
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Baluster Column |
A column shaped somewhat like a baluster, with
a short, massive shaft. A short thick-set column in a subordinate
position as in the windows of a early Italian campanili (bell
tower).
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Baluster Side |
On an Ionic capital, the return facing which
has the form of a concave roll reaching from volute to volute.
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