Vocabulary Flashcards
Apse
Semicircular recess at one end of a church
Ambulatory
Passage around the apse of a church
Catacomb
Underground corridor used for burial
Codex
Pages of vellum or parchment bound together; predecessor of a modern book
Cathedra
Latin for bishop’s chair
Constantinople
Formerly Byzantine
Diptych
Two hinged, carved panels
Iconoclasm
Destruction of religious images
Icon
Holy image
Folios
Separate leaves enclosed within a cover and bound together at one side in a codex.
Loculi
Catacomb niches to receive the dead
Narthex
Porch or vestibule of a church
Justinian
Emperor who conquered Ravenna
Pendentive
One of the four concave triangular pieces of masonry used to support a dome
Ravenna
Last capital of West Roman Empire