the performance of
the services.

CHANTRY A chapel often containing a tomb of the founder, and
in which masses were said.

CHAPEL A small building attached to cathedrals and large
churches.

CHAPTER-HOUSE The room where the Dean and Prebendaries meet for the
transaction of business.

CHEVRON An ornament characteristic of the Norman period and
divided into several equal portions chevron-wise or
zig-zag.

CHOIR That part of a church to the east of the nave where the
services are celebrated, also called chancel, and
frequently separated from the nave by an open screen of
stone or wood.

CINQUEFOIL An ornamental foliation used in arches, tracery, etc.,
and composed of projecting points or cusps, so arranged
that the opening resembles five leaves.

CLERESTORY Possibly the _clear_ storey. An upper storey standing
above or clear of the adjacent roofs, and pierced by
windows to give increased light.

CLOISTER A covered walk or ambulatory forming part of a
cathedral or college quadrangle.

CLUSTERED
COLUMN A pier made up of several columns or shafts in a cluster.

COLONNADE A row or rows of columns supporting a roof or building.

CORBEL Usually a moulded or carved ornament projecting from the
walls, acting as a bracket and capable of bearing a
super-incumbent weight.

CORNICE The horizontal termination of a building in the form of
a moulded projection.

COURSE A continuous and regular line of stones or bricks in the
wall of a building.

CROCKETS Projecting ornaments in the form of leaves, flowers,
etc., used to embellish the angles of pinnacles,
spires, gables, canopies, etc.

CROSS The accepted symbol of the Christian religion and an
architectural church ornament usually placed upon the
apex of the gable. A large cross called a rood was at one
time always placed over the entrance to the chancel. The
cross was worn as a personal ornament ages before the
Christian era by the Assyrians, and we are told that t