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tribunes (apses)


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  • tribune

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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.

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