Quizlet Chapter 11- Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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  1. Dura-Europos: distant outpost of the Roman Empire located on the Euphrates
  2. Galla Placidia: sister of Honorius
  3. Honorius: moved capital of Western Empire from Milan to Ravenna
  4. Junius Bassus: prefect of Rome
  5. Ravenna: last capital of the Western Roman Empire
  6. ambulatory: passage around the apse of a church
  7. apse: semicircular recess at one end of a Christian church
  8. catacomb: underground corridors used for burial
  9. cathedra: Latin for bishop's chair
  10. codex: pages of vellum or parchment bound together; predecessor of modern book
  11. confraternity: an association of Christian families pooling funds to purchase burial sites
  12. cubicula: small rooms serving as mortuary chapels in the catacombs
  13. diptych: two hinged, carved panels
  14. folios: seperate leaves enclosed within a cover and bound together at one side of the codex
  15. gallery: passageway three to four feet wide dug below the surface of a catacomb
  16. loculi: catacomb niches to receive the dead
  17. narthex: porch or vestibule of a church
  18. orans or orant: praying figure with raised hands
  19. transept: portion of a cruciform church with an axis that crosses the main axis at right angles
  20. vellum: skin of unborn calf used for writing material