- a variation of clerestory.
clearstory
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clearstories
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The resemblances between this clearstory, and that of St. John's chancel, raise the question of priority.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
We have no record of the building of the clearstory 62and roof of the nave.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
The panelling beneath the clearstory is richer than that in the nave.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
Like Salisbury it has the uncommon feature of two sets of transepts; the clearstory is carried round the church, unbroken by rose windows at the west or transept ends.
From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
It doubtless resembled the basilican churches at Salonica, either with clearstory windows, as in S. Demetrius, or without such windows, as in Eski Juma Jamissi.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
The graceful treatment of the windows of the nave and choir clearstories is shown in the illustration.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
The deep panelling beneath the windows must have been carried out when the clearstories were constructed in the fifteenth century.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
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