Façade (facade)

In the context of this lexicon this is the west facade of a church.
The facades of the bras du transept (transept arms) however are also referred to as façades.
In the picture the roman (Romanesque) façade of the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Aigueperse (69).

Sainte-Marie-Madeleine - Aigueperse

Faux-triforium (closed or false triforium ©)

A faux triforium is a row of arcatures aveugles (blind arcatures) between the arcades separating the nef (nave) from the bas-côté (aisle), and the fenêtres hautes (clerestory).
The higher windows form the clerestory, the arcades underneath it the faux triforium.
The photo was taken in the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Gourdon.
See also triforium, faux (synonym) and triforium.

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - Gourdon

Fenestrella (fenestrella ©)

The translation in the title is followed by this sign ©; this means that it has been "invented" by me.

A window situated between the crypte (crypt) and the chœur (choir).
The window is located in the floor of the choir and lights the underlying crypt.
It is an Italian word for "small window".
Something similar can be found in the crypt of the church of Anzy-le-Duc; the window opening is located in the west wall of the crypt and opens onto the choir.

Anzy-le-Duc

Fenêtres hautes (clerestory)

A row of windows in the top storey of the nef (nave), lighting the nave directly.
The five windows are part of the clerestory.
See also clair-étage, claire-voie and clerestoire (all 3 are synonyms).

Saint-Martin - Chapaize

Feuillage (foliage motif ©)

The translation in the title is followed by this sign ©; this means that it has been "invented" by me.

Decorative element consisting of one or more leaves.
This chapiteau (capital) can be found in the Saint-Marcel in Iguerande.

Saint-Marcel - Iguerande

Flèche (spire)

The top part of a tower or clocher (bell tower), mostly pointed and with a conical or polygonal shape.
The picture shows the spire of the Saint-Marcel in Cluny.

Saint-Marcel - Cluny

Fresque (fresco)

Mural painted on freshly applied and not yet dry plaster. The technique is, just like the term itself of Italian origin.
The most beautiful and famous frescos in Saône-et-Loire are to be seen in the Chapelle des Moines in Berzé-la-Ville.
The fresco in the picture is from the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Gourdon.
The word fresco is often muddled up with détrempe or tempera.

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - Gourdon

Frise (frieze)

A horizontal continuous row of painted or sculptured parts.
This roman (Romanesque) frieze can be found above a tobacconist's shop window in the Rue de la République in Tournus.

2 Rue de la République - Tournus

Fronton (pediment)

Fronton is an architectural term for something adorning the top of a facade, window or entrance in the shape of a triangle or a circle segment.
The words fronton and tympan (tympanum) are often muddled up.
This fronton adornes the façade (facade) of the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Châteauneuf.

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul - Châteauneuf

Fût (column shaft ©)

The translation in the title is followed by this sign ©; this means that it has been "invented" by me.

The most important, and (almost always) longest part of a colonne (column) between base and chapiteau (capital), almost always cylindrical.
This freestanding column is part of the doyenné (deanery) of Saint-Hippolyte (Bonnay).

Doyenné de Saint-Hippolyte (Bonnay)