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NAVE
(nayv)
The
central part of a church
Common
clues: Pew's place; Section flanked by aisles; Center of a
cathedral; Basilica part; Church area; Congregational area
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Cathedral Nave
In
Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church
architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar.
"Nave" ( Medieval Latin navis, "ship,") was
probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. The nave of
a church, whether Romanesque, Gothic or Classical, extends from
the entry—which may have a separate vestibule, the narthex—
to the chancel and is flanked by lower aisles separated from the
nave by an arcade.
Romanesque
nave of the abbey church of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville,
Normandy/ Picture taken by Urban, December 2004/ GFDL
Though
to a modern visitor the impressive nave seems to be the principal
part of a Gothic church, ambitious churches were built in a
series of campaigns as funds were available, working outward from
the liturgically essential sanctuary, and many were consecrated
before their nave was completed. Many naves were not completed to
the initial plan, as tastes changed, and some naves were never
completed at all. In Gothic architecture, the precise number of
arcaded bays in the nave was not a material concern.
The
height of the nave provides space for clerestory windows above
the aisle roofs, which give light to the interior, leaving the
apse in shadow, as at the abbey of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville
(illustration, above). The architectural antecedents of this
construction lay in the secular Roman basilica, a kind of covered
stoa sited adjacent to a forum, where magistrates met and public
business was transacted.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Nave".
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Mo+ >1 01 Church part APSE
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We- >1 04 Pew area
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We- >1 99 Pew locale
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We+ >1 02 Basilica center
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We- >1 07 Center of a cathedral
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Th- >1 01 Congregational area
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We+ >1 01 Basilica area APSE BEMA
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Basilica section APSE BEMA
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Mo+ >1 06 Central church area
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Mo LAT 08 Central church section
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Th- >1 08 Church center
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We- >1 92 Hub CORE
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We+ LAT 05 Main church section
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Tu+ >1 01 Pew's place
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Tu+ >1 07 Principal church area
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Th- >1 07 Basilica part APSE
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Fr NYT 01 Narthex neighbor
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Tu >1 02 Narthex's neighbor
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Mo NYT 01 Pews' place
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Fr- >1 07 Place to pray
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We CSy 99 Where the pews are
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