Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture:gallery (original) (raw)
gallery or tribune: An upper story over the aisle which opens onto the nave or choir. It corresponds in length and width to the dimensions of the aisle below it.
Contrast with:triforium.
See also:aisle, clerestory.
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