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aisle
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The portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers.
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ambulatory
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A covered walkway, outdoors or indoors; especially the passageway around the apse and the choir of a church .
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baptistery
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In Christian architecture, the building used for baptism, usually situated next to a church. Also, the designated area of hall within a church for baptismal rites.
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Blind niche
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a very shallow recess or niche in a wall, like a window but blocked, so “blind.
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catacomb
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In the hallows; Subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers designed as cemeteries for the burial of the dead
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Chi-Rho
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a monogram of chi (Χ) and rho (Ρ) as the first two letters of Greek Khristos Christ, used as a Christian symbol.
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clerestory
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The fenestrated part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts. The oldest known clerestories are Egyptian. In Roman basilicas and medieval churches, clerestories are the windows that form the naves uppermost level below the timber ceiling or the vaults.
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cloisonné
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A decorative metalwork technique employing cloisons; also, decorative brickwork in later Byzantine architecture.
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codex, codices
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separate pages of vellum or parchment bound together at one side; the predecessor of the modern book. The codex superseded the rotulus. In Mesoamerica, a painted and inscribed book on long sheets of bark paper or deerskin coated with fine white plaster and folded into accordion-like pleats.
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cruciform
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Cross-shaped
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gable
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double-pitched roof
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Greek Cross
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a cross of which all four arms are of equal length.
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icon
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A portrait or image; especially in Byzantine churches, a panel with a painting of sacred personages that are objects of veneration. In the visual arts, a painting, a piece of sculpture, or even a building regarded as an object of veneration.
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iconoclasm
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The destruction of religious or sacred images. In Byzantium, the period for 726 to 843 when there was an imperial ban on such images. The destroyers of images were known as iconoclasts. Those who opposed such a ban were known as iconophilies.
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Latin cross
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a plain cross in which the vertical part below the horizontal is longer than the other three parts
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mandorla
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An almond shaped nimbus surrounding the figure of Christ or other sacred figure. In Buddhist Japan , s lotus petal shaped nimbus
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martyrium
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A shrine to a Christian martyr.
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narthex
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A porch or vestibule of a church, generally colonnaded or arcaded an preceding the nave.
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nave
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The central area of an ancient Roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns
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orant
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In Early Christian art, a figure with both arms raised in the ancient gesture of prayer.
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parchment
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Lambskin prepared as a surface for painting or writing
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pendentives
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A concave, triangular section of a hemisphere, four of which provide the transition from a square area to the circular bas of a covering dome. Although pendentives appear to be hanging pendant from the dome, they in fact support it.
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polyptich
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generally refers to a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels.
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squinch
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An architectural device used as a transition from a square to a polygonal or circular bas for a dome
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tessera, tesserae
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Greek, "cube." A tine stone or piece of glass cut to the desired shape and size for use in forming a mosaic
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transept
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the short arms of a Latin cross form)
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vellum
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calfskin
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Tunnel vault
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A barrel or tunnel vault, semicylindrical in cross-section, is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space
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Barrel Vault
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A barrel or tunnel vault, semicylindrical in cross-section, is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space
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Groin Vault
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A groin or cross vault is formed at the point at which two barrel vaults intersect at right angles.
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Dome/Drum
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A hemispheric vault; theoretically, an arch rotated on its vertical axis.
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Voussoirs
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a wedge-shaped or tapered stone used to construct an arch.
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Keystone
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a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.
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Dressed stone
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A building stone that has been shaped -- either by flaking, pecking, groove-and-snapping, or grinding.
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colonnades
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A row of columns supporting arches, a lintel, or an entablature. Colonnades have been used along streets, courtyards, and around temples such as the Parthenon.
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Nave
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The central area of an ancient Roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns.
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Portico
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a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building
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Oculus
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a round or eyelike opening or design, in particular
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coffering
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A sunken panel, often ornamental, in a vault or a ceiling.
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buttress
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An exterior masonry structure that opposes the lateral thrust of an arch or a vault. A pier buttress is a solid mass of masonry; a flying buttress consists typically of an inclined member carried on an arch or a series of arches and a solid buttress to which it transmits lateral thrust.
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Colosseum
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a large theater or stadium.
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aqueduct
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an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley
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Trajan's Column
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ribbonded bas-relief
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Triumphal Arch
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a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
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spolia
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Spolia is the re-use of earlier building material or decorative sculpture on new monuments
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spandrels
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piers, the almost triangular space between one side of the outer curve of an arch, a wall, and the ceiling or framework
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Triumvirate
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in ancient Rome) a group of three men holding power, in particular
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Tetrarchy
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Greek, "rule by four." A type of Roman government established in the late third century ce by Diocletian in an attempt to establish order by sharing power with potential rivals.
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Menorah
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In antiquity, the Jewish sacred seven-branched candelabrum.
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Roman Periods:
-Kings |
753-509 BC
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Roman Periods:
-Republic |
509-27 BC
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Roman Periods:
-Early Empire |
27BC-AD 96
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Roman Periods
-High Empire |
96-192 AD
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Roman Periods
-Late Empire |
193-337 AD--Decline
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Concrete
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A building material invented by the Romans and consisting of various proportions of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water, and small stones.
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Monasteries
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A group of buildings in which monks live together, set apart from the secular community of a town.
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Book of Durrow
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The Book of Durrow is a 7th-century illuminated manuscript gospel book in the Insular style
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Book of Kells
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The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks ca. 800
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Lindesfarne Gospels
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The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript gospel book produced around the year 700 in a monastery off the coast of Northumberland at Lindisfarne
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refectory
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The dining hall of a Christian monastery
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scriptorium
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The writing studio of a monastery
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westwork
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German, "western entrance structure" the façade and towers at the western end of a medieval church, principally in Germany. In contemporaneous documents the westwork is called a castellum
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cloisonné
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A decorative metalwork technique employing cloisons; also, decorative brickwork in later Byzantine architecture
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enamel
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A decorative coating, usually colored, fused onto the surface of metal, glass, or ceramics.
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gilding
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the process of applying gold leaf or gold paint.
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horrow vacuii
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a fear or dislike of leaving empty spaces, esp. in an artistic composition.
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interlace
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bands or portions of other motifs are looped, braided, and knotted in complex geometric patterns, often to fill a space
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Styles/ Period dates
-Vikings |
(c. 800-1000)
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Styles/ Period dates
-Anglo-Saxon |
(7th C—600-700)
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Styles/ Period dates
-Hiberno-Saxon |
(c. 650-800)
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Styles/ Period dates
-Carolingian |
(9th C—800-900)
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Styles/ Period dates
-Ottonian |
(c. 950-1050)
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