Chalice, the cup used at the celebration of the Eucharist. p. [28].
Chantry, a sepulchral chapel, in which masses for the dead were chanted. p. [24].
Choir, the chancel of collegiate or cathedral churches. p. [32].
Clerestory, (old spelling clear-story) the upper story or row of windows in a Gothic Church. p. [15].
Cloisters, covered galleries of communication between the different parts of a monastic building or college. They generally have roofs of groined stone. At Westminster they run round the two quadrangles of the Great and Little Cloisters, and join them together by long stone passages. p. [33].
Crocket, detached flowers or bunches of foliage, used to decorate the angles of spires, pinnacles and gables. p. [115].
Gable, the upright triangular piece of masonry or woodwork at the end of a roof.
Gargoyle, a projecting stone water-spout in the shape of some monster, or the figure of a man from whose mouth the water runs. p. [13].
Gothic Architecture is chiefly distinguished by the pointed arch. It is divided into three periods. The Early English, which prevailed during the thirteenth century. The Decorated style, which prevailed during the fourteenth century. And the Perpendicular, or style of the fifteenth century. In France the latest Gothic style is called Flamboyant. p. [115].
Mullions, upright bars of stone between the lights of a window.