clearstory
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The examples he produces seem rather octagons carried up from the ground to give a clearstory under the dome than true drums interposed between the dome and its pendentives.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
The windows are high in the clearstory and set so deeply in the casement that the light falling on the mural paintings and fresco work is sifted and softened.
From Through Our Unknown Southwest by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
While the north aisle is later than the south, the clearstory, as has been said is earlier, being of late Decorated date with large three-light windows of reticulated tracery.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.
The Interior.—The natural division, in height, of an early church, whether basilican or domical, was into three stories—the ground level, the gallery level, and the clearstory or vault level.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
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 O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
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