July 19, 2007
Architectural Term of the Day!
SLYPE. A covered way or passage, especially in a cathedral or monastic church, leading east from the cloisters between transept and chapterhouse.
From the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition.
ANYWAY, here's an image of the elusive slype, this one coming to us from Peterborough, England:
Image shamelessly stolen from this site, which catalogs the history of Peterborough in a Lileksian-MPLS style through the use of picture postcards.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at July 19, 2007 11:37 AMComments