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Antependia

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a decorative piece of material that can adorn a Christian altar, lectern, pulpit, or table

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Barbican

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a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defence to a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes

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Bar tracery

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stone/woodwork applied to wall surfaces. Mullions divide the space into vertical segments and form decorative patterns at the top of the opening or panel

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Bas-de-page

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in French, bottom of the page. Used to indicate pictures below the text in a manuscript

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Battlements

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rectangular gaps or indentations in a defense wall that occur at intervals to allow for the discharge of arrows or other missiles from within the defences.

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Buon fresco

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Painting technique in which water based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster

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Buttress piers

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The part of a buttress which rises above the point of thrust of a vault

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Cames

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a lead strip used in the making of stained glass windows. They have grooves on the side to secure each piece of glass that is set

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Colonettes

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Small, thin columns, often used for decoration or to support an arcade

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Column statue

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a statue attached to a column; not a freestanding sculpture

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Crenelations

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alternating high and low sections of a wall; notches; creating a defense shield in the walls of fortified buildings.

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Crocket

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stylized leaf used as decoration along the outer angles of spins, pinnacles, and gables, and around capitals in gothic architecture

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Crossing

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the junction of the four arms of a cruciform.

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Drawbridge

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a bridge that doubles as a door that gets lowered down by a pulley system and can be suspended into a bridge, thus allowing entrance into a fortified building

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Finials

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knoblike decoration found at the top point of a spire, pinnacle, canopy, or gable

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Gesso

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ground made from glue, gypsum, &/or chalk forming the ground of a wood panel or priming layer of a canvas; provides smooth surface for painting

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Giornata

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section of a fresco plastered and painted in one day

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Grisaille

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monochromatic painting in shades of gray

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Hall church

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church with nave & aisles of the same height; gives an impression of large, open hall

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Lancets

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tall narrow window crowned by a sharply pointed arch

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Latin-cross plan

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transept intersects the nave high above the midpoint of the church

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Mullions

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thin stone strips that form a lacy matrix for glass in bar tracery

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Oculi

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circular windows, “bull’s-eye windows”

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Parapets

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low walls

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Pinnacle

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an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret

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Portcullis

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a latticed grille made of wood, metal or a combination of the two

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Predella

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platform or step on which an altar stands

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Quadripartite rib

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rib vault that is divided into four sections by two diagonal ribs

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Quatrefoils

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four lobed decorative pattern

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Rampart

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broad mount of earth raised to form fortification around a place

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Retablo

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votive offering in form of a religious picture, typically of painted saints and hung in church

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Rib vaults

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ribs separate the junctions of a groin, and functions to reinforce groins in vault

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Rood screens

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screens separating nave from sanctuary

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Rose window

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circular window with tracings to suggest a rose figure

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Sinopia

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the preparatory design or underdrawing of a fresco (or reddish chalklike earth pigment)

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Stockade

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barrier formed by stakes for defense against attack or as a means of confining animals

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String courses

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horizontal band of stone projecting beyond or level with face of building

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Tempera

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painting medium made by blending egg yolk with water, pigments, and other materials like glue

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Tiercerons

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secondary rib that arcs from springing point to the rib that runs lengthwise through the vault

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Transept

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arm of a cruciform church, perpendicular to nave

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Triforium

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shallow, arched gallery which stands above nave

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Turrets

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small tower that projects vertically from wall of building