Byzantine Period

Question 1

What period is known as the Golden Age of Byzantine, beginning with Constantine I in 324 AD?

Answer 1

Byzantine Period

Question 2

What city became the new capital of the Roman Empire during the Byzantine period?

Answer 2

Constantinople

Question 3

What is the name of the 1.2 x 2.4m sarcophagus located at St. Peter’s Rome?

Answer 3

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Question 4

What are manuscripts written on vellum and colored in gold called?

Answer 4

Illuminated manuscripts

Question 5

What controversy argued that images of holy figures were tantamount to idolatry?

Answer 5

Iconoclastic controversy

Question 6

What is a halo inscribed with a cross called?

Answer 6

Nimbus

Question 7

What architectural element is an inverted concave triangle that supports a dome?

Answer 7

Pendentive

Question 8

What type of arch converts a square base into an octagonal base for supporting domes or spires?

Answer 8

Squinch Arch

Question 9

What are the slender towers added by Muslim invaders called?

Answer 9

Minarets

Question 10

Which type of Byzantine building was originally a hall of justice before becoming a place of worship?

Answer 10

Basilica

Question 11

What large tomb was used to house an elite person?

Answer 11

Mausoleum

Question 12

What type of building was used for the sacrament of baptism?

Answer 12

Baptistery

Question 13

What type of Byzantine churches were circular or octagonal in shape with a dome?

Answer 13

Churches

Question 14

What is the name of the circular barrel-vaulted passage running between the central space and exterior walls?

Answer 14

Ambulatory

Question 15

What are sanctuaries that enshrine the tomb of a martyr called?

Answer 15

Martyrium

Question 16

Which Byzantine church plan developed from Roman baths and features a dome at the center?

Answer 16

Centralized Plan

Question 17

Which Byzantine church plan features a cross layout?

Answer 17

Basilica Plan

Question 18

What is the projecting semi-circular part of a church usually topped by a half dome?

Answer 18

Apse

Question 19

What are the cross arms in a Christian Church placed at right angles to the nave called?

Answer 19

Transept

Question 20

What is the long narrow central area used to house the congregation called?

Answer 20

Nave

Question 21

What are the passageways on the side of the nave in a church called?

Answer 21

Side Aisles

Question 22

What is the semi-circular walkway with chapels surrounding the sanctuary called?

Answer 22

Ambulatory

Question 23

What famous Byzantine church in Ravenna is known for its mosaics and a dome over the central core?

Answer 23

Church of San Vitale

Question 24

What major Byzantine cathedral in Constantinople was commissioned by Emperor Justinian?

Answer 24

Hagia Sophia

Question 25

Who were the designers of the Hagia Sophia?

Answer 25

Anthemios of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Question 26

What is the largest and most lavishly decorated church of the 2nd Golden Age, located in Venice?

Answer 26

St. Mark's Basilica

Question 27

What distinctive feature does St. Mark’s Basilica have?

Answer 27

Onion domes and a Greek cross plan