Cathedral ground plan. The shaded area is the transept; darker shading represents the crossing.

South transept at Kilcooley Abbey, County Tipperary, Ireland

Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. Kilcooley Abbey is an large Irish Cistercian abbey located near Urlingford, County Kilkenny but the abbey itself lies in County Tipperary. County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann is a County in Ireland situated in the Province of Munster. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world This article discusses Cathedral diagrams in Western Ecclesiastical architecture.
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The transept is the area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture. In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the For the resurrection device/parasite at the Hyperion Cantos see Cruciform (Hyperion Cantos. A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The transept separates the nave from the sanctuary, whether apse, choir, chevet, presbytery or chancel. Sanctuary has multiple meanings A sanctuary is the consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar APSE standing for Ada Programming Support Environment is a program or set of programs to support Software development in the Ada programming language. APSE standing for Ada Programming Support Environment is a program or set of programs to support Software development in the Ada programming language. The Presbytery is the name for an area in a Church building which is reserved for the Clergy. "Chancel" is an architectural term for the space around the Altar at the Liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building The transepts cross the nave at the crossing, which belongs equally to the main nave axis and to the transept. A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a Cruciform (cross-shaped church Upon its four piers, the crossing may support a spire, a central tower (see Gloucester Cathedral) or a crossing dome. In Architecture, a pier is an upright support for a Superstructure, such as an Arch or Bridge. A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building particularly a church Tower. Towers are tall human-made Structures that are always taller than they are wide usually by a significant Margin. Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Undivided Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city A dome is a common structural element of Architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a Sphere. Since the altar is usually located at the east end of a church, a transept extends to the north and south. An altar is any structure upon which Sacrifices or other offerings are made for religious purposes or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place The north and south end walls often hold decorated windows of stained glass, such as rose windows, in stone tracery. GlassWindowjpg|thumb|right|190px|A stained glass panel depicting Biblical scenes at a historic church in Scotland]] A window is an opening For the Blackford Oakes novel see Stained Glass (novel The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured Glass or to the art A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular Window, but is especially used for those found in churches Tracery is a series of intersecting ribs used in Gothic architecture, especially windows and in the Perpendicular Gothic style vaulting.

Rarely the basilicas and the church and cathedral planning that descended from them were built without transepts. The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Sometimes the transepts were reduced to matched chapels. A chapel is a holy place or area of Worship for Christians, which may be attached to an institution such as a large church, a College, a More often the transepts extended well beyond the sides of the rest of the building, forming the shape of a cross. This design is called a "Latin cross" ground plan and these extensions are known as the arms of the transept. A "Greek cross" ground plan, with all four extensions the same length, produces a central-plan structure with consequences for the liturgy. A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions

When churches retain a single transept, as at Pershore Abbey, there is generally a historical disaster, fire, war or funding, to explain the anomaly. Pershore Abbey, at Pershore in Worcestershire, was an Anglo-Saxon Abbey and is now an Anglican Parish church. At Beauvais only the chevet and transepts stand; the nave of the cathedral was never completed after a collapse of the daring high vaulting in 1284. Beauvais is a town and commune of northern France, Préfecture (capital of the Oise département. A Vault (French voute Italian volta German Gewölbe Polish sklepienie, Spanish At St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, only the choir and part of a southern transept were completed until a renewed building campaign in the 19th century. Saint Vitus's Cathedral (Katedrála svatého Víta is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar

Other senses of the word

The word "transept" is occasionally extended to mean any subsidiary corridor crossing a larger main corridor, such as the cross-halls or "transepts" of The Crystal Palace of glass and iron that was built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and Glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the The Great Exhibition, also known as Crystal Palace, was an international exhibition that was held in Hyde Park, London, England, from 1 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year

In a metro station or similar construction, a transept is a space over the platforms and tracks of a station with side platforms, containing the bridge between the platforms. A metro station is a railway station for a Rapid transit system often known by names such as "metro" "underground" and "subway" A railway platform is a section of pathway alongside Rail tracks at a Train station, Metro station or Tram stop, at which passengers may board A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water Placing the bridge in a transept rather than an enclosed tunnel allows passengers to see the platforms, creating a less cramped feeling and making orientation easier. A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon

See also

• Cathedral architecture
• Apse
• Aisle