Glossary beginning with B
Definitions of Architectural words and phrases
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- Baptisterysearch for term
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A building or part of a church used for baptisms.
- Baysearch for term
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A regularly repeated spatial element defined by beams or ribs and their supports. For example the bay of an arcade in a church.
- Bog oaksearch for term
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Wood that has been buried in a peat bog, and preserved from decay. The wood may be hundreds, or thousands of years old and represents the early stages of fossilisation.
Synonyms: Bog wood - Broached spiresearch for term
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An octagonal spire rising from a square tower without a parapet, and with pyramidal forms at the angles.
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