Chapter 7

Question 1

Underground burial places made up of passageway and niches for holding the sarcophagi. Some catacombs contained chapels and meeting rooms of the early Christians. Pg. 208

Answer 1

Catacombs

Question 2

The inner court of a Roman house, open to the sky. Also, the enclosed courtyard in front of the main doors of a basilica or church. Pg. 208

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Atrium

Question 3

The central section of a church where the congregation assembles. In a basilicas plan, the space extends from the main entrance to the apse or the crossing. The nave is usually flanked by side aisles. Pg. 208

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Nave

Question 4

A large semi-circle area at the choir end of a church. Usually contains the altar. May also be found at the ends of transepts or at the ends of smaller chapels. Pg. 209

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Apse

Question 5

A fixed canopy of wood, stone, fabric, etc., over an altar, throne or doorway. Sometimes portable, as when it is over a movable statue during a parade or procession. Pg. 209

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Baldachino

Question 6

The part of a cross-shaped church at right angles to the long nave, usually with one arm on each side of the crossing. Pg. 209

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Transepts

Question 7

A vaulted space below ground level, usually beneath the raised choir or apse of a church, or under a temple or shrine. Pg. 209

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Crypts

Question 8

A round building or interior hall, topped by a dome. Pg. 210

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Rotunda

Question 9

A stone coffin, often elaborately carved. Pg. 211

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Sarcophagus

Question 10

Bits of colored glass or stone used in making mosaics. Pg. 212

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Tessera

Question 11

A triangular piece of vaulting springing from the comer of a rectangular area to support a round or polygonal dome. usually four pendentives spring from the four corners of a crossing to support the dome. Pg. 215

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Pendentives

Question 12

A massive vertical masonry pillar that supports an arch, vault or other kind of roof. Also used under pendentives to support a dome. A square area in a Gothic church marked by a pier at each corner is known as a “bay”. Pg. 215

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Piers

Question 13

A religious image or likeness, in the Eastern Orthodox religion, usually a panel painting of a saint or of Christ. Pg. 216

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Icons

Question 14

A decorated screen in Eastern Orthodox churches, separating the main part of the church from the sanctuary. Pg. 217

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Iconostasis

Question 15

A group of three vertical ridges alternating with a plain metope in the frieze of a Doric Greek building. Pg. 217

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Triptych

Question 16

Pg. 218. Intricate and fanciful surface decoration generally based on geometric patterns and using combinations of flowering vines, tendrils, etc.

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Arabesque

Question 17

Pg. 218. Any of several types of plaster used for decoration cornices, molding or ceiling; also a cement coating for the exterior of a building.

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Stucco

Question 18

Pg. 220. An Islamic temple or place of worship.

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Mosques

Question 19

Pg. 220. A tall, slender .tower attached to a mosque from which the muezzin (crier) calls people to prayer.

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Minarets

Question 20

Pg. 221. A small painting executed with great detail; a small portrait, picture or decorative letter on an illuminated manuscript.

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Miniature

Question 21

Pg. 222. Colored illustrations, often containing gold and silver, that decorated manuscripts in medieval times in Europe.

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Illumination

Question 22

Pg. 222. A fine parchment made from calfskin and used for writing, manuscripts illumination and book binding.

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Vellum

Question 23

A pair of wood, ivory or metal panels usually hinged together, with painting or carving on the inside surfaces. uSually placed,over an altar. Pg. 206

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Diptych