1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Crossing

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Crossing

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23518541911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Crossing

CROSSING, in architecture, the term given to the intersection of the nave and transept, frequently surmounted by a tower or by a dome on pendentives.

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