The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Glossary
An arch in which each voussoir is carved with motifs placed along the radius of the arch (as opposed to a tangential arch).
An enrichment comprised of parallel convex mouldings (the opposite of fluting)
An arch incorporated in a wall to redistribute some of the superimposed weight.
The arch on the inside of a doorway or window.
A decorated panel above and behind an altar.
A half pier or half column, bonded into a wall and supporting one end of an arch or arcade
That part of a jamb which lies between the door or the glass of a window and the outer wall surface. See also rear arch.
Arches forming part of vault.
A form of corbel decorated with a series of horizontal rolls. It is of Andalusian origin and is rare in England.
A convex moulding of a semi circular or greater section. If applied to the soffit of an arch, it is called soffit roll, if to the face of an arch, it is called a face roll. Composite roll mouldings are termed double or triple if the rolls are contiguous, or paired if they are separated by another feature.
The cross or crucifix. See also Rood beam, Rood loft, Rood screen, Rood stair.
A beam running across the chancel arch of a church carrying a cross or crucifixion, often flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist.
A narrow gallery allowing access to the rood on the upper section (the rood loft). It is reached by the rood stair. Most were built in the later medieval period.
A screen across the entrance to the sanctuary, topped by a rood beam.
A staircase from the nave of the church up to the rood loft. Rood stairs in parish churches were mostly built in the late 15th-early 16th centuries.
A rose-shaped carved decoration.
An arch in the form of a semicircle.
A wall of uncoursed rubble.