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Although there was a wide variety — and no architectural plan was imposed upon them as it was among the Cistercians — the women's churches were either aisleless hall churches in the shape of a rectangle as at Töss, Au bei Stein, and St. Katharinenthal, or a usually aisleless nave with a Germanic Langchor, as at Klingenthal, Oetenbach, and Unterlinden.

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

The women's churches tended to be aisleless but divided in some manner.

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

The Langchor was an elongated, narrow choir, usually aisleless, that extended about five bays, although in some case it could be up to seven bays.

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

(Mid-Lothian) has been rebuilt, with the exception of the S. aisle or chapel, and the structure has originally been a Norman one, with aisleless nave, choir, and round E. apse.

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The abbey church consisted of a choir of three bays, with side aisles and an aisleless presbytery; a nave of nine bays, with aisles and north and south transepts with eastern aisles; two western towers and one large central tower.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

The choir is aisleless, consisting of three bays; the nave had three bays with a window in each, and aisle on S. side.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

S. transepts, a W. tower, and aisleless choir of three bays with E. apse.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

_Muthill Church_ (Perthshire), has Norman tower at the west end, with nave having north and south aisles and an aisleless choir.

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To the east of the transept is a choir of two bays, with aisles, and beyond which is an aisleless presbytery.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

Besides the Church of St. Regulus, there are still to be seen the ruins of the great Cathedral of St. Andrews, which consisted of a short aisleless presbytery, and choir of five bays with side aisles, with an eastern chapel in each aisle; north and south transepts, each of three bays with eastern aisles; nave of twelve bays with north and south aisles, and a large central tower over the crossing.

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