Apse in a sentence

From the stunning ceilings of Michelangelo, to the apse mosaics of the first churches, to the modern expressions of the 20th century, art has always held an iconic role in the life of the Church.

In its statement, Thurrock said it wanted to find a “constructive solution” with APSE but, without one, would be compelled to sue.

A crash involving four vehicles in Apse Heath has closed the main road this morning (Saturday).

The editorial team includes Bachand, Sophie Lodigiani, Mattias Apse, Samantha Kertz, Amelia Biscardi and Emily Perry.

The results of this ongoing programme were seen in September 2017 when North Ayrshire Council was named APSE’s UK Council of the Year.

According to chronicler Leo of Ostia the Greek artists decorated the apse, the arch and the vestibule of the basilica.

At the south-east corner there is a larger semi-circular projection which accommodates the apse of the chapel.

Christ in Majesty was a common theme for the apse.

Flanking the apse and east end of the nave were side chambers serving as sacristies; further porticus might continue along the nave to provide for burials and other purposes.

Gaudí intended that a visitor standing at the main entrance be able to see the vaults of the nave, crossing, and apse; thus the graduated increase in vault loft.

He includes a detailed description of the apse mosaic over the main altar and gives the text for a long inscription he had written to be put on the wall under the image.

In, and often also in front of, the apse was a raised platform, where the altar was placed, and from where the clergy officiated.

In other countries where circular towers occur, such as Germany, they are usually paired and often flank an apse.

It has a Romanesque apse.

Mann, pg. 119 Lucius II was buried at St John Lateran in the circular portico behind the apse.

Nine radiating chapels, similarly divided, surround the apse.

On the apse walls below would be saints and apostles, perhaps including narrative scenes, for example of the saint to whom the church was dedicated.

Propositions 43–45 citation are demonstration that in an eccentric orbit under centripetal force where the apse may move, a steady non-moving orientation of the line of apses is an indicator of an inverse-square law of force.

Some decorative elements belong the original building, although the mosaics in the apse are reconstructions.

The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically.