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ARCADE , in See also:architecture, a range of See also:arches, supported either by columns or piers; isolated in the See also:case of those separating the See also:nave of a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church from the aisles, or forming the front of a covered See also:ambulatory, as in the cloisters in See also:Italy and See also:Sicily, See also:round the Ducal See also:Palace or the Square of St See also:Mark's, See also:Venice, round the courts of the palaces in Italy, or in See also:Paris round the Palais-Royal and the See also:Place See also:des See also:Vosges. The earliest examples known are those of the See also:Tabularium, the See also:theatre of See also:Marcellus, and the Colosseum, in See also:Rome. In the palace of See also:Diocletian at See also:Spalato the See also:principal See also:street had an arcade on either See also:side, the arches of which rested See also:direct on the See also:capital without any intervening
See also:Abbey. See also:Devizes. See also:entablature or See also:impost See also:block. The See also:term is also applied to the galleries, employed decoratively, on the facades of the See also:Italian churches, and carried round the apses where they are known as See also:eaves-galleries. Sometimes these arcades project from the See also:wall sufficiently to allow of a passage behind, and sometimes they are
From See also:Rickman's Styles of Architecture, by permission of See also:Parker & Co.
built into and See also:form See also:part of the wall; in the latter case, they are
known as See also:blind or wall arcades; and they were constantly
employed to decorate the See also:lower part of the walls of the aisles and
the See also:choir-aisles in See also:English churches. Externally, blind arcades
are more often found in Italy and Sicily, but there are examples in
See also:England at See also:Canterbury, See also:Ely, See also:Peterborough, See also:Norwich, St See also:John's (See also:Chester), See also:Colchester and elsewhere. Internally, the See also:oldest example is that of the`old See also:refectory in See also:Westminster Abbey (fig. I). Sometimes the See also:design is varied with interlacing arches as in St John's, Devizes (fig. 2), and See also:Beverley See also:Minster (fig. 3). In Sicily and the See also:south of Italy these interlacing arcades are the See also:special characteristic of the Saracenic See also:work there found, and their origin may be found in the interlaced arches of the See also:Mosque of See also:Cordova in See also:Spain. In the See also:cathedral of See also:Palermo and at See also:Monreale they are carried round the apses at the See also:east end. At See also:Caserta-Vecchia, in South Italy, they decorate the See also:lantern over the See also:crossing, and at See also:Amalfi the turrets on the See also:north-See also:west campanile.
The term is also applied to the covered passages which form thoroughfares from one street to another, as in the See also:Burlington Arcade, See also:London; in Paris such an arcade is usually called passage, and in Italy galleria. (R. P.
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