Flat top of the capital of a column.

Main or sole church built in conjunction with an abbey

A building inhabited by a community of monks or nuns governed by an autonomous leader

Solid masonry placed to counteract the lateral thrust of a bridge, arch, or vault.

A structure on which to place or sacrifice offerings to a deity. In a Christian church the altar is usually a stone table or slab on supports, on which the celebration of the sacrament takes place.

A passage or gallery behind a parapet at the top of a wall of a fortification.

A semicircular or polygonal aisle. Often an ambulatory leads around the east end of the choir.

The semi-circular termination of the east end of the chancel or chapel.

Semi-circular chapel (in the transept or chancel) or secondary apse .

A series of arches supported by columns or piers.

Series of small arcades topped by an arch.

A carved structural member that spans an opening.

Concentric arches set back from one another above a doorway or a window and topped by the archivolt.

The beam which extends across the top of the columns; it forms the lowest part of the entablature.

Set of arches rising above a doorway. In the Romanesque and gothic styles, the archivolt frames the tympanum, a richly sculpted panel.

Sections of the transept on each side of the crossing.

A small plain or ornamental moulding.

A room, usually with sloping ceilings, just beneath the roof

Part of a building which projects prominently from the main facade.