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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
The Architect | The Donor | The Interior | The Exterior | The Ceiling | The Windows | Architecture Terms
Architectural Terms
- Narthex: the vestibule of the chapel
- Ambulatory: the side walkways
- Transept: the "arms" of the chapel that run west to east
- Chancel: front of the chapel; location of organ, altar and choir
- Lectern: from where the Bible is read (left)
- Pulpit: from where sermons are preached (right, raised)
- Reredos: literally, "back wall," the façade behind the altar
- Clerestory: upper part of wall, with windows
- Triforium: walkway beneath the clerestory
- King's Balcony: lower balcony, south end
- Organ gallery: upper balcony, south end
Assistant to the Dean for External Affairs
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(773) 702-7059
lcbrochu@uchicago.edu