CB-Introductory-Slide-Show-2012
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Building model churches on computers Brian Farrimond Ella Pereira (Edge Hill University) Churches • Places where Christians worship God • Some in this country are over 1000 years old Examples of churches Chancel (where the altar is) Inside a church Nave (where the people sit on benches) Inside a church Chancel (where the altar is) Nave (where the people sit on benches) Examples of churches Tower Examples of churches (where the bells hang) Buttresses (supports for the walls) Porch (fancy door into the church) N Examples of churches W E S North East West South The Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him who hung thereon – Crediton, Devon Nave Examples of churches Transept North Crossing tower East Chancel West Transept Side aisle South Porch Examples of churches Crossing tower Transept Nave Sideaisle St. Lawrence, Ludlow Examples of churches Crossing tower Transept Nave East West Which way is East? Sideaisle Which way St. Lawrence, Ludlow is West? Examples of churches Can you see Spire Tower (bells) •Nave •Chancel Nave (people) •Sideaisle •Porch Chancel (altar) •Tower •Spire ? Sideaisle Porch Examples of churches Which way Spire Tower is: (bells) • East Nave • West (people) • South ? Chancel (altar) West East Sideaisle Porch South Examples of churches Can you see Nave Crossing (people) tower •Nave •Chancel •Sideaisle •Porch Chancel (altar) •Crossing tower •Transept ? Sideaisle Porch Transept St Mary’s Beverley Examples of churches Which end Nave Crossing is (people) tower •East West •West ? Chancel (altar) East Sideaisle Porch Transept Examples of churches Can you see Crossing Nave tower •Nave (people) •Chancel •Crossing Chancel tower (altar) •Sideaisle •Transepts Sideaisle •West towers Transepts West towers Examples of churches Which end is •East East •West ? West Inside a church Chancel (where the altar is) Columns (holding up the nave wall) Sideaisle (extra Nave (where the benches people sit on for benches) people) Warming up exercise Warming Spire Crossing tower up Chancel Transept exercise Nave Sideaisle Porch Part 2 • Building bigger churches The Romans • When people wanted to build bigger churches they looked at what the Romans did. • Plenty of Roman buildings still lying around for church builders to look at. Pont du Gard (Roman aqueduct) The Colosseum in Rome (Gladiators, Circuses) Applying Roman building ideas to churches • Riveaulx Abbey We can do the same.