Stave Church

(noun)

A medieval wooden structure with a post and beam construction related to timber framing. The wall frames are filled with vertical planks. The load-bearing posts have lent their name to the building technique.

Related Terms

Examples of Stave Church in the following topics:

  • Norse Timber Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

    • A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing.
    • After the Protestant Reformation, no stave churches were built.
    • Bull of the main portal in Hedalen stave church (c. 1853).
    • Reinli stave church with the old pillory and a single nave: Sør-Aurdal.
    • Example of a Norwegian wooden stave church: Stave church in Lom.

  • The Norse

    • For instance, the decoration of the wooden portal of the stave church located in Urnes, Norway is composed of abstract animal forms that tightly intertwine with flexible plant stalks in a spiral pattern .
    • This is one of the few remains left from this time that were later incorporated in the walls of a twelfth century church.

  • The Chora Church in Constantinople

    • The Chora Church's full name is the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora.
    • The church was first built in Constantinople the early fifth century.
    • Mosaics extensively decorate the narthices of the Chora Church.
    • Inner Narthex, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
    • Parecclesion, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.

  • Pilgrimage Churches

    • The Crusades resulted in the growth and rising wealth of pilgrimage churches, many of which were built in the Romanesque style.
    • The result of the considerable number of new churches being built and the rising wealth of the pilgrimage churches, was the growth of Romanesque architecture.
    • Many castles were built during this period, but they are greatly outnumbered by churches.
    • Many churches were built along this route and reflect the Romanesque architectural style.
    • Analyze the religious fervor of the Crusades with the extensive creation of pilgramage churches.

  • Architecture of the Early Christian Church

    • Peter's church in Rome.
    • The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy is prime example of an Eastern church.
    • The architect or architects of the church is unknown.
    • Unlike Western churches like St.
    • This is known as a centrally-planned church.

  • The Church

    • Many cathedrals owe their foundation to this period, often beginning as monastic abbey churches.
    • In Spain, the most famous church of the period is Santiago de Compostela.
    • Several important Romanesque churches were also built in the Crusader kingdoms.
    • Unfortunately, very little of the abbey church at Cluny remains.
    • However, the church of St.

  • Ottonian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Cyriakus Church (960-965) in Gernrode, Germany.
    • Michael's at Hildesheim (1010-1031) is one of the most important Ottonian churches.
    • Unlike the Romanesque churches that would follow, Ottonian churches like St.
    • The arrow at the left marks the entrance to the church.
    • As churches began collecting relics (housed in the chapels), which attracted pilgrims, churches added the ambulatory, which connects the aisles to the chapels behind the choir, where clergy members perform their rituals.

  • Architecture of Aksun and Lalibela

    • The Church of St.
    • Like many Eastern European churches, the Church of St.
    • There are thirteen churches, assembled in four groups:
    • Biete Giyorgis, the Church of St.
    • Identify the famous rock-cut churches of Lalibela and the stelae, obelisk, and Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion of Aksum.

  • Romanesque Sculpture: Reiner of Huy

    • Bartholomew's Church is attributed.
    • Bartholomew's Church in Liege, Belgium, are attributed.
    • The size was not necessarily exceptional, as both church bells and cauldrons for large households were probably cast at comparable sizes; some church doors that were cast in a single piece, though flat, were much larger.
    • Bartholomew's Church.
    • Bartholomew's Church in Belgium.

  • Ravenna

    • The building is styled an "ecclesiastical basilica" in the Roman Catholic Church, though it is not of architectural basilica form.
    • The church is of extreme importance in Byzantine art, as it is the only major church from the period of the Emperor Justinian I to survive virtually intact to the present day .
    • The architect or architects of the church is unknown.
    • The church is most famous for its wealth of Byzantine mosaics, the largest and best preserved outside of Constantinople.
    • The gold background of the mosaic shows that Justinian and his entourage are inside the church.