clearstory
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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
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
In the West these structural divisions were developed into the triple composition of nave-arcade, triforium, and clearstory.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
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 Van Millingen, Alexander
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