MEANING
An arcaded gallery or wall zone above the main arches of a church, typically below the clerestory.
Use it for
High interior recesses, layered church elevations, obscured observers.Create a credible upper shadow line distinct from the windows above it.
Words that belong together
- triforium arcade
- dark triforium
- arches of the triforium
On the page
A worker's lamp moved along the triforium.
From below, the triforium arches looked like a row of dark mouths.
The restoration drawing distinguished the triforium from the clerestory windows.
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Word forms
- Base
- triforium
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. A specific upper interior level, not a synonym for any balcony; some examples are blind arcades. Plural triforia.
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