Choir arch
A choir arch is an arch in churches between the choir and the nave .
architecture
The choir arch is often drawn deeper than the vault of the choir and nave in order to clarify the delimitation of the rooms. In many churches there is a so-called choir arch crucifix in the choir arch . The choir arch developed from the triumphal arch of the early Christian basilica . It is particularly often found in Romanesque architecture as a round arch and in Gothic architecture as a pointed arch . In churches with transept the chancel arch between choir and corresponds crossing often a Vierungsbogen between transept and nave and, if applicable, further between the crossing and the transept arms.
Bell gable
In French and Spanish churches, in rare cases, a bell gable rises above the choir arch .
Examples
Pre-Romanesque crossing with choir arch and crossing arches, St. Michael (Hildesheim)
Romanesque choir arch in the St. Lorenz Chapel in Paspels
Painted late Gothic choir arch in Ulm Minster with choir arch crucifix
Golden Renaissance choir arch under the dome of the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome
Baroque choir arch in the monastery church Einsiedeln
literature
- Wilfried Koch : Architectural style. The standard work on European architecture from antiquity to the present. 21st, revised and revised edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh 1998, ISBN 3-577-10480-5 .