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Basilican

-A public building of ancient Rome having a central nave with an apse at one or both ends and two
side aisles formed by rows of columns, which was used as a courtroom or assembly hall.
-A Christian church building of a similar design, having a nave with a semicircular apse, two or four
side aisles, a narthex, and a clerestory.


apse
-a projecting part of a building (as a church) that
is usually semicircular in plan and vaulted.
porticoes
-a colonnade or covered ambulatory
often at the entrance of a building.
crypt
-an underground vault or chamber, especially one
beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
ROMAN BASILICAN PLAN
APSE
TRIUMPHAL
ARCHS
ANGLO-SAXON BASILICAN PLAN
PORTICO

pilaster
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a
capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
LONG-AND-SHORT
QUIONING
STRIPWORK
TWIN OPENINGS
RIB VAULT

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