tribunes (apses)
- Scope note
- Types of apses designed with special areas for officials or speakers. either a raised platform or a dome, or both. In a Roman basilica, the tribune is semicircular apse with a raised platform, where a presiding magistrates (tribunes) sat in an official chair. In Medieval and later ecclesiastical architecture, the tribune is a designated area circumscribed by a vaulted or semi-domed apse.
- Date of creation: 02-Sep-2024
Accepted term: 02-Sep-2024