page_title: Church of St. James the Greater (Jihlava)
section_title: The interior
hierarchical_section_title: Church of St. James the Greater (Jihlava) / Architecture / The interior
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Pohled do hlavní lodi, Kostel svatého Jakuba Staršího, Jihlava
context_page_description: The Church of St. James the Greater in Jihlava is an early gothic three-aisled temple nave with a long presbytery and two high towers in the front. It is consecrated to the patron of miners – St. James.
context_section_description: The interior of the church is built as three-aisles, the main nave is followed by a chancel, which has a polygonal pentagonal closing. The side aisles end in short rectangular closings. The three aisles of the temple and the presbytery are topped by cross ribbed vaults. The closing of the chancel has a radial vault. The ribs are carved in a decorative shape, with slightly bevelled edges, and joined in the flat circular keystones at the apex of the vault.
  Ribs in the chancel continue to the heads, which are closing simple or bundle round shafts. The vault above the three aisles is supported by four massive polygonal pillars and ribs ends in pyramidal brackets on the walls. The chancel is opened to the nave by a massive triumphal arc. There is a huge choir with organs above the entrance hall of the church. The entrance hall is also topped with a cross ribbed vault.
caption: The interior of Saint James the Elder church
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