Apsidiole

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An apse with two apsidoles at the orthodox cathedral of Jaroslavl in Russia

An apsidole or absidiale is a small or secondary apse, one of the apses on either side of the main apse in a triapsidal church, or one of the apse-chapels when they project on the exterior of the church, particularly if the projection resembles an apse in shape. [1]

Francis Bond [2] says that the Norman plan of eastern limb, which the Norman builders brought over to England at the Conquest, contained a central apse flanked by apsidioles.

Notes

  1. Poole, Thomas Henry (1907). "Apsidiole"  . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. Bond, Francis (1912) [1905]. Gothic architecture in England : an analysis of the origin & development of English church architecture from the Norman conquest to the dissolution of the monasteries. London: Batsford. p. 163. OCLC   2937528.

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Wikisource-logo.svg  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Poole, Thomas Henry (1907). "Apsidiole". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.