''Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram.'' [[Image:NefStGeorges1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Romanesque nave of the abbey church of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville, Normandy, France has a triforium passage above the aisle vaulting]] In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar. "Nave" (Latin ''navis'', "ship,") was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. The nave of a church, whether Romanesque, Gothic or Classical, extends from the entry—which may have a separate vestibule, the narthex— to the [http://wiktionary.org/wiki/Chancel chancel] and is flanked by lower aisles separated from the nave by an arcade. Though to a modern visitor the impressive nave seems to be the principal part of a Gothic church, ambitious churches were built in a series of campaigns as funds were available, working outward from the liturgically essential sanctuary, and many were consecrated before their nave was completed. Many naves were not completed to the initial plan, as tastes changed, and some naves were never completed at all. In Gothic architecture, the precise number of arcaded bays in the nave was not a material concern. The height of the nave provides space for clerestory windows above the aisle roofs, which give light to the interior, leaving the apse in shadow, as at the abbey of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville (''illustration, above right''). The architectural antecedents of this construction lay in the secular Roman basilica, a kind of covered stoa sited adjacent to a forum, where magistrates met and public business was transacted. [[image:bath.abbey.fan.vault.arp.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Late Gothic Fan vault (1608, restored 1860s) over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England Suppression of the triforium offers a great expanse of clerestory windows.]] In Romanesque constructions, where a gallery was required to allow passage above the aisles, an addition to the elevation of the nave was inserted, called a triforium. In later styles the triforium was eliminated, the aisles lowered and great expanses of stained glass took the place of the clerestory windows, as at Bath Abbey (''illustration, left''). Filippo_Brunelleschi's_Basilica_di_San_Lorenzo_di_Firenze,_built_in_the_1420s">Image:SanLorenzodiFirenze02.jpg|thumb|right|The Early Renaissance nave of Filippo Brunelleschi's Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, built in the 1420s
The crossing is the part of the nave that also belong to the transepts that intersect its space. The crossing may be surmounted by a tower or spire, or by a dome in Eastern churches, a feature that was reintroduced to the West at the Renaissance, first in Filippo Brunelleschi's San Lorenzo (''illustration right''). Brunelleschi restored the original Roman form of the basilica and consciously revived Roman details, such as the flat coffered ceiling. Clerestory windows still light San Lorenzo's nave, setting apart in dimness the crossing, with its small dome. In other contexts, lanterns and openings above the transept might bathe the crossing in more light instead. The crossing may be further distinguished from the nave by the rhythm of its architecture: wider-spaced piers supporting the higher vaulting of the transepts.
The nave, ecclesiastically considered, was the area reserved for the non-clergy (the "laity"), while the Apse were reserved for the clergy, and a rood screen (''cancellus'') separated the sanctuary from the nave. (Rood screens were swept away by Protestant reformers in the 16th century. Fixed pews in the nave are a comparatively modern, Protestant innovation.
==Some naves==
* Longest nave: Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City
* Longest nave in England: St Albans Cathedral (91 meter (300 feet), in thirteen arched bays) has been outdone by Liverpool Cathedral
* Longest nave in France: Bourges (91 meter (300 feet), including choir where a crossing would be if there were transepts)
* Longest nave in Germany: Cologne cathedral (58 meter (190 feet), including two bays between the towers)
* Longest nave in Spain: Seville (60 meter (200 feet), in five bays)
* Longest nave in Italy: St Peters Basilica in Rome (91 meter (300 feet) in four bays)
* Highest vaulted nave: Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, 38 meter (124 feet) (Beauvais is 46 meter (150 feet) high in the choir.) ==See also== * Buckfast Abbey - image of the nave * Bristol Cathedral - image of the nave * St. Mary Redcliffe - image of the nave * Cathedral architecture * Abbey, with architectural discussion and groundplans ---- Nave also refers to the hub of a wheel, as in "bowl the round nave" from a subplay of ''Hamlet''. This can lead to confusion of the architectural nave (''supra'') with the crossing of the same with the transept. Church architecture
I have removed the disgraceful canards ''"and on weekdays the large open area often served for the town marketplace, political meetings, places of various trades including, on some occasions, even that of prostitution. Often smelling of animal feces and human urine, naves were not very clean places. Hence, rood screens aka jubes were designed to separate the more sacred areas of the cathedral and keep out the unwashed and unholy."'' Ignorant fantasy, with protestant evangelical "moneychangers in the temple" overtones, an embarrassment, no better in its way than the equally foolish "built by willing hands from the pious citizenry" line one sometimes has to listen to. With all the NPOV talk at Wikipedia, more history, less attitude, please. User:Wetman 21:34, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC) [[image:buckfast.abbey.nave.arp.jpg|thumb|right|The mixed Gothic and Romanesque nave of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England, built by Cistercian monks between 1907 and 1937.]] I hope no one will be upset that this nice image is removed. It has no visual information that was not better presented in the very similar illustration that is kept. The article does still need a good image showing the emphasis within a nave of a ''crossing''. A Renaissance nave that shows all these nave features but in Classical detailing is needed too. A nave from the exterior showing flying buttresses could tie in. An illustration that shows changes of level between nave and chancel would surely provoke some good added text. Images looking the other way, showing the effects of a rose window or of a choirloft on the nave would elicit more ''Church Lady''. --User:Wetman 12:47, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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''Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram.'' [[Image:NefStGeorges1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Romanesque nave of the abbey church of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville, Normandy, France has a triforium passage above the aisle vaulting]] In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar. "Nave" (Latin ''navis'', "ship,") was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. The nave of a church, whether Romanesque, Gothic or Classical, extends from the entry—which may have a separate vestibule, the narthex— to the [http://wiktionary.org/wiki/Chancel chancel] and is flanked by lower aisles separated from the nave by an arcade. Though to a modern visitor the impressive nave seems to be the principal part of a Gothic church, ambitious churches were built in a series of campaigns as funds were available, working outward from the liturgically essential sanctuary, and many were consecrated before their nave was completed. Many naves were not completed to the initial plan, as tastes changed, and some naves were never completed at all. In Gothic architecture, the precise number of arcaded bays in the nave was not a material concern. The height of the nave provides space for clerestory windows above the aisle roofs, which give light to the interior, leaving the apse in shadow, as at the abbey of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville (''illustration, above right''). The architectural antecedents of this construction lay in the secular Roman basilica, a kind of covered stoa sited adjacent to a forum, where magistrates met and public business was transacted. [[image:bath.abbey.fan.vault.arp.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Late Gothic Fan vault (1608, restored 1860s) over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England Suppression of the triforium offers a great expanse of clerestory windows.]] In Romanesque constructions, where a gallery was required to allow passage above the aisles, an addition to the elevation of the nave was inserted, called a triforium. In later styles the triforium was eliminated, the aisles lowered and great expanses of stained glass took the place of the clerestory windows, as at Bath Abbey (''illustration, left''). Filippo_Brunelleschi's_
* Highest vaulted nave: Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, 38 meter (124 feet) (Beauvais is 46 meter (150 feet) high in the choir.) ==See also== * Buckfast Abbey - image of the nave * Bristol Cathedral - image of the nave * St. Mary Redcliffe - image of the nave * Cathedral architecture * Abbey, with architectural discussion and groundplans ---- Nave also refers to the hub of a wheel, as in "bowl the round nave" from a subplay of ''Hamlet''. This can lead to confusion of the architectural nave (''supra'') with the crossing of the same with the transept. Church architecture
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I have removed the disgraceful canards ''"and on weekdays the large open area often served for the town marketplace, political meetings, places of various trades including, on some occasions, even that of prostitution. Often smelling of animal feces and human urine, naves were not very clean places. Hence, rood screens aka jubes were designed to separate the more sacred areas of the cathedral and keep out the unwashed and unholy."'' Ignorant fantasy, with protestant evangelical "moneychangers in the temple" overtones, an embarrassment, no better in its way than the equally foolish "built by willing hands from the pious citizenry" line one sometimes has to listen to. With all the NPOV talk at Wikipedia, more history, less attitude, please. User:Wetman 21:34, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC) [[image:buckfast.abbey.nave.arp.jpg|thumb|right|The mixed Gothic and Romanesque nave of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England, built by Cistercian monks between 1907 and 1937.]] I hope no one will be upset that this nice image is removed. It has no visual information that was not better presented in the very similar illustration that is kept. The article does still need a good image showing the emphasis within a nave of a ''crossing''. A Renaissance nave that shows all these nave features but in Classical detailing is needed too. A nave from the exterior showing flying buttresses could tie in. An illustration that shows changes of level between nave and chancel would surely provoke some good added text. Images looking the other way, showing the effects of a rose window or of a choirloft on the nave would elicit more ''Church Lady''. --User:Wetman 12:47, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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