Definition of Chevet. Meaning of Chevet. Synonyms of Chevet

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Definition of Chevet

Chevet
Chevet Che*vet", n. [F., head of the bed, dim. fr. chef head. See Chief.] (Arch.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

Meaning of Chevet from wikipedia

- chevet (French, "headpiece"). Triple apse of Basilica di Santa Giulia, northern Italy East end of the abbey church of Saint-Ouen, showing the chevet,...
- Cartagena (French: L'homme de chevet) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Alain Monne and starring Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, and Margarita...
- The Chevet Achim Synagogue, located in Havana, is the oldest synagogue in Cuba. The building is owned and maintained by Arian Behar and Moises Prinstein...
- Saint-Denis 1140–1144 – Reconstruction of the chevet with Gothic features 1231 – Reconstruction of the upper chevet and the nave 1267 – Louis IX inaugurates...
- churches, the east end, or chevet, often had an apse, a semi-circular projection with a vaulted or domed roof. The chevet of large cathedrals frequently...
- transept of a church separates the nave from the sanctuary, apse, choir, chevet, presbytery, or chancel. The transepts cross the nave at the crossing, which...
- 53°37′59″N 1°28′26″W / 53.633°N 1.474°W / 53.633; -1.474 Chevet is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a po****tion...
- his friend Eugène Boch, The Siesta, The Church at Auvers, View from the Chevet, The Italian Woman, Starry Night, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Doctor Gachet's...
- de Rosmadec enlarged the choir, transforming the former flat chevet into a canted chevet. At the same time, several windows on the south front were rebuilt...
- the medieval cloister. The chevet seen from the Pey-Berland tower The chevet with its radiating chapels The choir and chevet are traditionally at the east...