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Halls

Scope note

Use generally for rooms large in proportion to rooms for domestic functions, circulation, or storage; use also for the principal rooms of a Medieval house and for large central rooms in certain 19th- and 20th-century English and American houses.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30004420

Broader Terms used

<interior spaces>

Narrower Terms used

hypostyle halls

Equivalent Terms used

hall

Created

13yrs ago

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