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narthex

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Sir Pierre walked quietly and unobtrusively down the side aisle and out into the narthex.

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First the narthex was blown up with gunpowder; then a transept arm.

In that same year he blessed Clunys nave and Vzelays narthex.

There is a narthex bay at the western end—a Germanic influence.

The church of San Anton has a groined narthex or porch all across the west front, with three open arches in front.

At the west end is a sort of thirteenth-century narthex, and the three apses at the east have semi-domes.

The lower parts of the west faade and the two first bays of the nave which form a narthex, or vestibule, are his work.

Although Clunys narthex was built as late as 1220, groin vaulting was used for the aisles.

Before the western door an open narthex for the use of lepers was added about 1178.

The eager men and women of 1146 knelt in the actual nave and narthex of Vzelays abbatial.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985