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Transept

For the periodical, see The Transept.

Cathedral ground plan. The shaded area is the transept; the darker shading at the centre represents the crossing.
South transept at Kilcooly Abbey, County Tipperary, Ireland

A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building.[1] In cruciform ("cross-shaped") churches, in particular within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave. Each half of a transept is known as a semitransept.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Transept". ProbertEncyclopaedia.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.

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