Chapter 2

Question 1

Basket Capital

Answer 1

A column capital with a finely carved marble exterior, said to resemble a basket.

Question 2

Canon Tables

Answer 2

Charts developed by the theologian Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. 260–339) that indicate in which Christian Gospels specific events occur and overlap.

Question 3

Chalice

Answer 3

A vessel that holds the eucharistic wine during a Christian service.

Question 4

Chlamys

Answer 4

A robe usually fastened over the right shoulder.

Question 5

Codex

Answer 5

A manuscript in the form of a book.

Question 6

Colophon

Answer 6

An inscription located at the end of a chapter or a book that offers information about the production of a manuscript.

Question 7

Dedication Scene

Answer 7

An image in which a work of art or a building is offered to Christ or a saint by the church’s earthly representatives.

Question 8

Domed Basilica

Answer 8

A church that has both the longitudinal focus of a basilica and a centralized dome.

Question 9

Dome on Pendentives

Answer 9

An architectural system that provides a transition from a square space defined by four piers to a circular dome.

Question 10

Eulogia

Answer 10

An object that has been blessed.

Question 11

Exedrae

Answer 11

A semicircular projection from the wall of a building.

Question 12

Fibula

Answer 12

A clasp or brooch often used to keep a garment such as a chlamys in place.

Question 13

Folio

Answer 13

An entire page, both the back and front, of a manuscript.

Question 14

Iconostasis

Answer 14

A type of screen made up of images, or icons, that separates the apse from the sanctuary in a Byzantine or Greek Orthodox church.

Question 15

Incarnation

Answer 15

In Christian belief, the idea that God became human through the birth of Christ.

Question 16

Mandorla

Answer 16

An almond-shaped frame, often used in medieval art to surround images of the resurrected Christ.

Question 17

Monophysitism

Answer 17

The belief that Christ, though human in body for a brief time, was of one divine nature in spirit and mind.

Question 18

Parchment

Answer 18

The prepared skins of animals used to make the pages of a manuscript.

Question 19

Paten

Answer 19

A dish that holds the bread of the eucharist for a Christian service.

Question 20

Pendentives

Answer 20

An architectural term that refers to the triangular spaces filled with masonry that are located between the arches that support a dome.

Question 21

Pyx

Answer 21

A liturgical container that held the consecrated bread of the eucharist.

Question 22

Recto

Answer 22

The right side (or front side) of a folio in a manuscript.

Question 23

Scrolls

Answer 23

An ancient form of the book consisting of text written on a long piece of papyrus (or other writing surface) and bound around two cylinders.

Question 24

Septuagint

Answer 24

The Greek translation of Hebrew Scriptures made in Egypt in the third century BCE, legendarily by 72 scholars who labored in Alexandria for 72 days, at the request of Pharaoh Ptolemy II (285–246 BCE). The Septuagint consists of translations made between the third and first centuries BCE.

Question 25

Translation

Answer 25

Refers to the moving of a saint’s body or relics from one church to another and to the liturgical celebration surrounding that movement.

Question 26

Uncial

Answer 26

A clear, legible script developed from Roman script and used for Latin and Greek texts in the early Middle Ages.

Question 27

Vellum

Answer 27

Fine prepared calfskin used to make the pages of a costly manuscript.

Question 28

Verso

Answer 28

The backside (or left side) of a folio in a manuscript.