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ambulatory: in a central plan church, the side aisle is known known as...
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Anastasis: resurrection
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animal style: 2 words. abstract patterns with animal forms were known as...
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Annunciation: where angel announces to mary that she will have a baby named jesus
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apse: A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church.
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arabesque: - a complicated, intertwined, flowing design of stylized floral and plant motifs loosely based on Arabian decoration
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atrium: main square building inside the building
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baldacchino: a great four-columned canopy
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blind arcade: a series of arches. arches are simply for decoration and provide no actual openings. (two words)
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buttresses: A mass of masonry or brickwork used as a support or brace counteracting the outward (lateral) thrust of an arch or vault
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Byzantine: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
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Carolingian Renaissance: period of intellectual, cultural, and economic revival occurring in the late eighth and ninth centuries, with the peak of the activities occurring during the reigns of both Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. 2 words
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carpet pages: decorative panels which were a characteristics of hiberno-saxon manuscript illumination and should be remembered as such.
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catacombs: the cemeteries of the early Christians
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central-plan: a type of church with all building features surrounding a central point
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chancel: the part of a church reserved for clergy and containing the altar and the choir
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characteristics of middle byzantine art: 5 words. iconoclasm, flat, frontal figures on a golden background, illusionisticdepth, exteriors ornamented, etc
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chi-ro: the monogram of christ on a soldiers shield P with an X
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cloisonné: enamels fused inside a wire enclosure on a metal or porcelain ground, forming chambers to receive colored glass pastes
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codex: a collection of separate sheets called folios bound together and enclosed with a cover
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cubicula: chambers
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Deesis: a tripartite icon in the byzantine tradition, usually showing christ enthroned between the virgin mary and St. John the Baptist, who intercede on behalf of humankind
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diptych: a picture or bas-relief made of two panels hinged together, often an altarpiece. may also be any picture consisting of two individual surfaces, an ancient Roman or Early Christian two-hinged writing tablet, or two ivory memorial panel.
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folios: separate sheets that make up a codex
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galleries: a long hallway or long, narrow room
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Great Mosque: in iraq, at one time, the largest mosque in the world
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Greek cross plan: a cross in which all the arms are the same length. the building is literally a cross. 3 words
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hiberno-saxon: refers to the early medieval art produces on the islands of ireland (ancient name hibernia) and britan (primary ethnic group were the saxons)
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icon: a small panel depicting Christ and/or the Saints
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iconoclasm: image breaking
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illuminated manuscripts: 2 words. decorated luxurious handwritten manuscripts.
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imam: teacher
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khutba: sermon
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Lamentation: a book of the bible ascribed to jeremiah
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loculi: shelves where the dead were placed
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lunettes: semicircular frames that contained important scenes from the O.T.
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madrasa: a seminary and is a common structure
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maqsura: a screened area in front of the mihrab reserved for the local ruler or other high official.
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medallion: a round design, decoration, etc. that looks like a medal.
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mihrab: the niche whose origin is debated (most seem to think that it represents the place where muhammad sat in his medina home while leading prayers)
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minarets: auxiliary structures
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minbar: stepped pulpit
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muezzin: crier who calls the faithful to prayer
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narthex: a vestibule leading to the nave of a church
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nave: the central area of a church
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orants: praying figures
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Ottonian: 10th Century AD
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parchment: lambskin
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pedentives: A spherical triangle which acts as a transition between a circular dome and a square base on which the dome is set.
Contrast with squinch.
Do not confuse with pendant.
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putti: Popular design motif. Little, pudgy, rosy-cheeked babies, sometimes with wings. Shown doing "grown-up" things like making bread, riding chariots, making wine.
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qibla: orientation of the mosque
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side aisles: aisles to the side of the nave
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squinch: The lowest voussoir on each side of an arch. It is where the vertical support for the arch terminates and the curve of the arch begins.
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synagogue: a Jewish house of worship
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Theotokos: mother of God
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transept: A rectangular area which cuts across the main axis of a basilica-type buiding and projects beyond it. makes basilica look like a cross
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triptych: A painting or carving that has three side-by-side parts, panels, or canvases. Typically, a ----- has three hinged panels, the two outer panels designed so they can be folded in towards the central one
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vellum: calfskin
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Vikings: seafaring people from Scandinavia in Northern Europe
