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Architectural elements > Confessios

Preferred term

Confessios  

Definition

  • Crypts in churches containing the tomb of a martyr or confessor, sometimes with altars erected over them, in which case the name was extended to both the altar and the crypt [AAT 94, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • CHAPELS, CONFESSIOS
  • CONFESSIONS, ARCHITECTURE
  • CRYPTS, CONFESSIOS
  • SHRINES, CONFESSIOS
  • TOMBS, CONFESSIOS

Notation

  • 113483

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-XL05KH5S-6

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