BLIND STOREY (TRIFORIUM).

16 Capital of Vaulting Shaft.
15 Tracery of Triforium.
14 Triforium Arch.
13 Capital of T. Pier.
12 Pier of Triforium.
11 Triforium String.

GROUND STOREY.

10 Tracery of Aisle Window.
9 Aisle Window.
8 Sill of Aisle Window.
7 Wall Arcade.
6 Vaulting Shaft.
5 Corbel.
4 Pier Arch.
3 Capital of Pier.
2 Pier.
1 Base of Pier.

FOOTNOTES.

1: So called from its "flame"-like appearance, producing forms which
resemble elongated tongues of flame. There is great beauty in much of
this work, but it is constructionally weak. The finest example is
Chartres Cathedral.

APPENDIX.

A GLOSSARY OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS USED IN ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE.

ABACUS Derived from the Greek _Abax_--a tray or flat board, an
essential feature of the Grecian and Roman orders, but
now used to describe the slab forming the upper part of
a column, pier, etc.

ABBEY A term for a union of ecclesiastical buildings, for the
housing of those conventual bodies presided over by an
abbot or abbess, supposed to be derived from the Hebrew
_ab_, "father."

ACANTHUS A plant, the leaves of which are represented in the
capitals of the Corinthian orders.

AISLE French _aile_, a wing, the lateral division of a church.

ALMONRY A room where alms were distributed.

ALTAR An elevated table dedicated to the Sacrament of the Holy
Eucharist, and usually called the Communion Table.

ALMERY, AUMERY,
and AUMBREY A recess or small cupboard in the wall of a church, used
to contain the chalices, patens, etc., for the use of
the priest. They are sometimes near the _piscina_, but
are usually on the opposite side of the chancel.

ANTE-CHAPEL The outer part of a chapel.

APSE The semi-circular or polygonal recess at the east end of
the choir or aisles of a church.

ARCADE A series of arches, open or closed with masonry, and
supported by columns or piers.

ARCH A construction of bricks or stones so placed as by
mutual pressure to support each other and a
superincumbent weight. They may be semi-circular,