Here you can look up architectural, religious and biographical vocabulary related to the Sagrada Família.
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Abse: Part of a church, normally with a semicircular floor plan, that sticks out from the rear façade and generally houses the presbytery and the altar. The apse tends to be surrounded by an even number of small or apse chapels.
Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José(Spiritual Association of the Devotees of Saint Joseph): Founded in 1866 by Josep Maria Bocabella, this association, which came to have 600,000 members, used its magazine El Propagador de la Devoción a San José to spread the word, publishing roughly 25,000 copies. In 1948, the name of the magazine was changed to Temple, the name under which it is still published by the Fundació Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, which has overseen construction of the Temple since 1895.
B
Basílica: Church seen as notable for its age or significance.
Major basílica: The four main churches in Rome, considered the first in Christianity: Saint John Lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore, Saint Paul Outside the Walls and Saint Peter in the Vatican.
Minor basílica: Honorary title bestowed by the Pope on churches in the Christian realm that are important given their historyy, size and the veneration they inspire as places of worship.
Bocabella i Verdaguer, Josep Maria (Barcelona, 1815–1892): Católico fervoroso y muy devoto de San José, el librero Bocabella decidió dedicarse a fomentar el culto a este santo, algo que hizo a través de la Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José y la revista El Propagador de la Devoción a San José, así como con la edición de numerosos libros y opúsculos de carácter religioso.
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Crossing: Square space, generally topped with a dome, shared by the transversal and longitudinal naves of a church. This term can also be used to refer to the whole transversal nave of a church, more commonly known as the transept.
Crypt: Church or chapel located below the main church
Double twist column: Column with a polygon or star base that twists to the right and the left as it moves upwards, becoming a circle. This makes it more stable and gives it a more stylised, harmonious appearance overall.
Vegeu a continuació com el gir simultani en dos sentits oposats va generant, en tres trams, les diferents seccions, que multipliquen el nombre d’arestes successivament a mesura que es puja en alçària. En cada tram, per doblar el nombre de puntes, cal cada vegada la meitat d’alçària i la meitat d’angle girat:
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Narthex: Vestibule, portico, in front of the door of a church or temple
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Presbytery: Part of a church, located at the back of the central nave, that houses the main altar. It is often raised above the rest of the church and reserved for clerics.
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Sacristy: At a church, the place, generally off the presbytery, where sacred vessels and vestments are stored, and where the priests change for their liturgical functions.
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Presbytery: Transversal nave of a church that forms a cross with the main nave.