ritual choir, as opposed to the architectural choir or constructional choir. The back-choir or retroquire is a space behind the high altar in the choir of...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Choir or quire may also refer to: Choir (architecture), the area between the nave and sanctuary in a church or cathedral...

near Paris, the choir was reconstructed between 1140 and 1144, drawing together for the first time the developing Gothic architectural features. In doing...

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical...

building at the choir of the Abbey of Saint-Denis north of Paris, completed in 1144. The earliest large-scale applications of Gothic architecture in England...

crossing.This architectural form is common in Norman and Gothic architecture. The choir, where it exists, normally contains the choir stalls, and the...

In architecture, an apse (pl.: apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides) is...

In church architecture, a retroquire (also spelled retrochoir), or back-choir, is the space behind the high altar in a church or cathedral, which sometimes...

Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during...

Taken from the choir Christianity portal Ealdred (archbishop of York) Bishop of Worcester Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir Architecture of the medieval...

cathedrals in the Church of England. The nave, choir, main tower and transepts are late Norman. There are architectural features ranging from Norman to the Perpendicular...

all of the service is sung or chanted by the officiating minister and a choir. In cathedrals, or on particularly important days in the church calendar...

was given four levels, while the later choir had the newly fashionable three. (See English Gothic architecture) English architects had experimented with...

transepts. Either way, the nave is distinct from the area reserved for the choir and clergy. The nave extends from the entry—which may have a separate vestibule...

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Art and Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. entry "choir monk". ISBN 9780199680276. Retrieved 2021-10-17...

French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples...

the liturgy. It mostly consists of pieces written to be sung by a church choir, which may sing a cappella or accompanied by an organ. Anglican music forms...

the choir (St Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic architectural style...

practice of alternatim between choir and organ be concluded immediately. That women must not be present in the choir. These regulations carry little...

Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, and Purcell all having been members of the choir. The choir consists of gentlemen of the chapel royal singing the lower parts alongside...

'of the dean') is the side of a church choir occupied by the Dean. In English churches, this is typically the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel...

the most important and stylistically unified examples of early Gothic architecture. The church served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Laon until 1802...

britainexpress.com Pevsner, An Outline of European architecture 1963:292f. "Choral and Organ Scholars". The Choir of King's College Cambridge. Retrieved 2 November...

and modern compositions. In addition, there is a mixed-ability cathedral choir. A new organ was installed in 2008, built by Matthey Copley and having 4...

around the church via the transept and the choir chapels. The general impression given by Romanesque architecture, in both ecclesiastical and secular buildings...

1929 Christ Church, Oxford. While at Oxford, he conducted the Oxford Bach Choir (1925-1933) and was instrumental in founding and conducting the Opera Club...

are sung by a choir traditionally composed of about thirty men and boys. (Many cathedrals now also have a girls choir, and a lay choir). Because of this...

Kingdom of France. By 1207 the main altar was in place in the choir. The first architectural addition to the new church was a series of small chapels between...

attention of visitors, most of the walls, including the façades of the nave and choir, actually consist of visible brick. Therefore, the building is sometimes...

considerations of the current architectural mode. Similarly, in St. Salvator's Cathedral of Bruges, the timbered medieval vaults of nave and choir were replaced by...