Look up parvis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A parvis or parvise is the open space in front of and around a cathedral or church, especially when...
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, England which was founded in 1598. Located in the parvise, over the south porch of St Wulfram's Church, it has been claimed to be...
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Cathedral. The parvise is accessed through a marble façade culminating in a wrought iron .... decorated with 10 bronze statues of saints. The parvise is separated...
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the Francis Trigge Chained Library. Such a room is sometimes called a parvise which spelt as parvis normally means an open space or colonnade in front...
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Malmesbury, in the Diocese of Bristol. The remains still contain a fine parvise (a room over the porch) which holds some examples of books from the abbey...
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Right : Transport to Santa Maria Maggiore Bottom : Funeral Mass on the parvise Date 21 April 2025 (2025-04-21) (death) 26 April 2025 (2025-04-26) (funeral...
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Ambulacrum is an architectural word that denotes an atrium, courtyard, or parvise in front of a basilica or church that is surrounded by arcades or colonnades...
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dating from the late 13th century, were replaced in 1865 by the present parvise. These marble panels, decorated with carved animal figures and faces, were...
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consists of a west tower, three-bay nave, chancel and south porch with parvise. It is built of flint with stone and brick dressings and dates from the...
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The folklore is that an old woman known as Elspeth, who lived in the parvise over the north porch of the church, first noticed the blaze and alerted...
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this ritual) in imitation of the excited Jerusalemites. At the church parvise, a house, or the town plaza, children dressed as angels scatter flowers...
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bell tower is 61 metres high. Pope John Paul II celebrated mass on the parvise of the shrine during his visit to the island of Gozo on 26 May 1990. On...
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with its exceptionally thick walls. The corridors functioned as internal parvises; the western corridor, adorned with a unique flat caissoned ceiling, doubled...
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The Spanish term anteiglesia translates as "before [the] church" or "parvise". The peculiar name derives from the Basque custom where the family heads...
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Cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic art. Measuring 142 metres high from the Parvise to the top of the tower, it is considered the second largest cathedral...
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Harding spent the evening before his trial gaoled in a room known as the parvise, above the porch of St Mary's Church in Chesham. Today, Thomas Harding...
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church has five-nave naos, a three-part iconostasis, and a three-nave parvise. With the dome, it is 26 m high.[citation needed] Its outer walls are done...
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Parvise of the Church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro in Imbersago, Italy...
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Statue of Saint Michael fighting the Devil, depicted as a dragon, in the parvise of the church One of the church bell towers The main retablo Churchyard...
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return from the Crusades. The main south door has a brick south porch and parvise built with money left to the poor of the parish by Thomas Bekynton. Other...
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Hôtel-Dieu was rebuilt between 1867 and 1878 on the opposite side of the parvise of Notre Dame, as part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris commissioned...
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extant part of the Abbey is now the parish church; the remains containing a parvise which still holds some fine examples of books from the former Abbey library...
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Parvis may refer to: Parvise Parvīz, Persian name Parvis (surname) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Parvis. If an internal...
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chancel in one, on the northern and southern range aisles and a porch with parvise and groined roof with bosses - as described by John Stabb: "bearing the...
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The church is preceded by a large parvise which is accessed via a stairway with ramps on two sides; from the parvise four steps lead to the simple portal...
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church, as is shown by remains of the apse discovered under the current parvise. In the 15th century the church was expanded and the entrance moved to...
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the manor of Fairford. There is an elaborate south-western porch, with a parvise over it. This has been since thrown open to the church, and is furnished...
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church is accessed through a large staircase on which, delimiting the parvise, is a wrought iron parapet. In the south corner of the church, abutting...
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The existing school was a petty school situated in a single room, the parvise room, over the porch of the parish church where the local priest educated...
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Figeac Subprefecture and commune A view of Figeac from the parvise of Notre-Dame-du-Puy church. Coat of arms Location of Figeac Figeac Show map of France...
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