Porticus

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In this plan of St Mary's Church, Reculver, in north-east Kent, the porticus of the 7th-century church are represented by the extensions to north and south from the main structure, which is in yellow. Other colours represent later additions.

In church architecture, a porticus (Latin for "portico")[a] is usually a small room in a church.[2] Commonly, porticuses form extensions to the north and south sides of a church, giving the building a cruciform plan. They may function as chapels, rudimentary transepts or burial-places. For example, Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent were buried in the south porticus at St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury, with the exception of Eadberht II, who was buried in a similar location in St Mary's Church, Reculver.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.

This feature of church design originated in the late Roman period and continued to appear in those built on the European continent and, in Anglo-Saxon England, until the 8th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.

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  1. ^ Most Latin terms ending in Script error: No such module "Lang". are masculine and form their nominative plural with Script error: No such module "Lang". but Script error: No such module "Lang". is a feminine fourth-declension noun whose plural is also Script error: No such module "Lang"., sometimes differentiated with a macron as Script error: No such module "Lang"..[1] The English plural form is porticuses, when the term is not simply translated as portico.

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewis, C.T.; Short, C., eds. (n.d.). "porticus". A Latin Dictionary. www.perseus.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Glossary of ecclesiastical terms". Archi UK. n.d. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

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