Sacristie (sacristy)

Room in a church, accessible from the chœur (choir) or the transept by the priest.
In a church the sacristy serves as cloak room.
In an abbaye (abbey) the sacresty also hosts the armarium (librairy).
The sacristy is normally closed.

Saint-Gengoult- Saint-Gengoux-le-National

Salle capitulaire (chapter house)

Space in a monastère (monastery) where the monks have their daily meeting discussing the daily routine within the monastery.
Most cathédrales (cathedrals) and collégiales (collegiate churches) also have a chapter house.
The picture shows the chapter house of the abbaye (abbey) Sénanque near Gordes (Vaucluse 84).
See also salle du chapitre (synonym).

Sénanque - Gordes (84)

Salle des moines (scriptorium)

Space in a monastère (monastery) where the monks are copying, illustrating or writing books.
The plan (Wikipedia) shows the various buildings within a cistercien (Cistercian) abbaye (abbey).
See also scriptorium (synonym).

Salle des moines - Wikipedia

Salle du chapitre (chapter house)

Space in a monastère (monastery) where the monks have their daily meeting discussing the daily routine within the monastery.
Most cathédrales (cathedrals) and collégiales (collegiate churches) also have a chapter house.
The picture shows the chapter house of the abbaye (abbey) Sénanque near Gordes (Vaucluse 84).
See also salle capitulaire (synonym).

Sénanque - Gordes (84)

Sanctuaire (sanctuary)

Sacré-Cœur - Paray-le-Monial

Scriptorium (scriptorium)

Space in a monastère (monastery) where the monks are copying, illustrating or writing books.
The plan (Wikipedia) shows the various buildings within a cistercien (Cistercian) abbaye (abbey).
See also salle des moines (synonym).

Scriptorium - Wikipedia

Scotie (scotie)

A ring consisting of a hollow semicircle.
The scotie is located between the torre (torus) and the base of a column footing.
Although these colonnes (columns) are modern, the various parts of a column footing are clearly distinguishable in this picture taken in the Saint-Etienne in Melay.
On top the torre, below that the scotie, than a thicker torus, which forms the base, and the square footing is the socle.

Saint-Etienne - Melay

Séraphin (seraph)

Hybrid beings (human or animal) provided with three pairs of wings, guarding God's throne.
They are the top rank of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
The picture (Wikipedia) is to be found in the famous book of hours "Petites heures de Jean de Berry": the Lord flanked by two seraphim.

Séraphin - Wikipedia

Sommier (springer)

The first stone of an arc (arch), resting on the top of a pilier (pillar).
The sketch (Wikipedia) shows clearly which stones are the sommiers.

Sommier - Wikipedia

Stalles (choir stalls)

Often richly decorated wooden seats for the chanoines (canons) in the chœur (choir) of a church.
They are normally arranged in a U-shape around the autel (altar).
The picture shows the choir stalls in Canterbury Cathedral.

Canterbury Cathedral

Statue-colonne (human shaped column ©)

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

Long colonne (column) depicting a human being.
The picture shows a statue-colonne on the corner of one of the clochers (bell towers) of the Saint-Philibert in Tournus.

Saint-Philibert - Tournus

Stuc (stucco)

A decorative rendering, applied on the basis of marble powder or lime plaster and a binding agent.
The picture shows an exuberant (Renaissance) piece of stucco on one of the ceilings of King Henry VIII's apartments in Hampton Court.

Hampton Court Palace

Stylobate (stylobate)

A continuous socle supporting a row of colonnes (columns).
These stylobates in the Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité in Bois-Sainte-Marie support three columns each.

Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité - Bois-Sainte-Marie