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A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. [1] In cruciform (" cross -shaped") churches , in particular within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave .
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory. In Western ecclesiastical architecture, a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers, giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing.
As the seat of a bishop, the cathedral was the location for certain liturgical rites, such as the ordination of priests, which brought together large numbers of clergy and people. It functioned as an ecclesiastical and social meeting-place for many people, not just those of the town in which it stood, but also, on occasions, for the entire region.
[1] For centuries the Cathedral acted as more than just a place of worship - it was the center of the city and a place to express civic pride. [1] The cathedral was designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. It has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower.
Location: Canterbury, Kent: Country: England: ... Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of ... The north transept apse was replaced by a Lady Chapel ...
The font in the cathedral's south transept is from this church and is the oldest part of the present building. [16] [17] In 766 Cynewulf, King of Wessex, signed a charter endowing the church with eleven hides of land. [a] [19] [20] In 909 the seat of the diocese was moved from Sherborne to Wells. [12]
The façade of the Silverware (Pratarías in Galician) is the southern façade of the transept of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela; it is the only Romanesque façade that is preserved in the cathedral. It was built between 1103 and 1117 and elements from other parts of the cathedral have been added in subsequent years. [14]