- 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...
- and very wide nave in the
Perpendicular Gothic style, an
Early English retrochoir, and
Norman transepts and tower. With an
overall length of 558 feet (170 m)...
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installed on a 'feretory platform'
above and
behind the high altar. The
retrochoir was
built in the
early 13th
century to
accommodate the huge
numbers of...
- tower, transepts, and a five bay choir.
Beyond the
choir stood a
lower retrochoir or Lady chapel, the form of
which can also be
interpreted as
group of...
-
Shrewsbury followed,
continuing the
eastward extension of the
choir and
retrochoir beyond. He
oversaw the
building of Vicars'
Close and the Vicars' Hall...
-
Norwich Cathedral, cloister,
choir clerestory, vaults,
spire York Minster,
retrochoir, choir,
towers Durham Cathedral,
central tower Tattershall,
Castle tower...
- Cathedral, and that of
Exeter Cathedral (begun
before 1280). The
striking retrochoir of
Wells Cathedral (begun
before 1280), the
choir of
Saint Augustine at...
-
surrounding the city. A
retrochoir divides the
central nave from the transept, the
choir and the apse. The
plateresque retrochoir was
intricately decorated...
-
Cathedral of Burgos. The
Hospital del Rey of Burgos. The
antecrypt and
retrochoir of the
Cathedral of Palencia. The
University of Oñati,
Basque Country...
- from the nuns' choir. The wall
between the nave of the
church and the
retrochoir is
penetrated by
three screened grilles through which the nuns
could observe...
