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In architecture, the lantern tower is a tall construction above the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church, with openings through which light from outside can shine down to the crossing (so it also called a crossing lantern).
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Many lantern towers are usually octagonal, and give an extra dimension to the decorated interior of the dome.
An affiliated term is the Italian tiburio, which is the lantern atop a dome. Like a lantern tower, a tiburio is often polygonal and interspersed with windows both to lighten the load and allow for light to shine. The word tiburio is from the Medieval Latin tiburium (lit. 'hut', a variant of tugurium).[1][2]
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Interior, Peterborough Cathedral, UK
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St Andrew's Church, Sutton, UK
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Interior, Saint-Étienne's Church, Caen
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- ^ Bogdanovic, Jelena (2017). The Framing of Sacred Space. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-068137-1.
For example, Pope Symmachus (498–514) described canopies as tiburium and tegurium, meaning "small house" or "hut." Other Latin synonyms were tugurinum, tiburinum, tiguriam, cyburium, cipurium, ciborium, fastigium, tegurmentum, tibutium, tegimen […]
- ^ Loi, Maria Cristina; Patetta, Luciano (2005). Tradizioni e regionalismi nel primo Rinascimento italiano (in Italian). Unicopli. p. 44. ISBN 978-88-400-1051-9.
alla voce tiburio, si legge "tigurium, tiburium (latino medievale). Copertura esterna di una cupola […]