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Salisbury Cathedral, 1220-1258, Salisbury, England, photo by Gaius Cornelius, Creative Commons attribution license via Wikimedia Commons

Just a Second: nave

Nave (noun) The central part of the interior of a church.  The term derives from the medieval Latin word for “ship,” which is navis. The horizontal divisions in the nave of the Salisbury Cathedral dominate the vertical ones and are … Continue reading