parvise

The parvise chamber above this porch is not lighted except by the small cuttings in the form of a cross which pierce the wall.

Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See Hubert C. Corlette

Over the porch is a room or parvise, very difficult of access and badly lighted.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

The parvise, or porch, may have been symbolical of the initial stage -- the early provisions of our universities are full of symbolism.

The Customs of Old England

The central doorway must have been of still greater beauty; but the whole of the upper part of it is hidden by the porch and parvise inserted beneath the central arch.

The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting

Behind the font a small door and tiny staircase lead up to the parvise, where is stored a library that was given for the priest's use.

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

By way of preparation for his examination the sophist was required to be diligent in attending disputations in the parvise, and when he presented himself for his own ordeal he had to make oath that these exercises had been duly performed.

The Customs of Old England

A few months before the Great Fire of London, in which old St. Paul's was consumed with its parvise and pillars, Dugdale wrote: "At St. Paul's each lawyer and serjeant at his pillar heard his client's cause and took notes thereof upon his knee, as they do at Guildhall at this day."

The Customs of Old England

The square battlemented tower with its octagonal lantern above is poorly executed, but otherwise the uncommon conception arrests attention and is worthy of praise: The parvise chamber over the porch, like many others, was for a long period the town school.

Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

It was at the parvise, or porch, of old St. Paul's, or at their allotted pillars, that Serjeants met their clients for consultation.

The Customs of Old England

Exclusive of the spires, and the central porch and parvise, the dates of which have been given previously, the whole is of the best and purest Early English style.

The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting