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Details Title: 12 - Romanesque Art Description: Chapter 12 Terms Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 12/19/2006 17:42:22	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term "Lithic" Definition of stone (12 - romanesque) Term tympanum Definition half-circle relief sculpture above church portal; depicted didactic scenes, usually of 'the judgment' (12 - romanesque) Term trumeau Definition center post between the doors of a church portal, usually sculptural depiction of a saint (12 - romanesque) Term jambs Definition the frame of a doorway; very ornate in romanesque and gothic churches (12 - romanesque) Term ribs Definition lining on the inside of vault, particularly in the nave of romanesque churches (12 - romanesque) Term crypt Definition burial chamber below a church, usually at the crossing (12 - romanesque) Term gallery Definition top storey of a church, surrounding the nave (arcade is the lower aisle) (12 - romanesque) Term pier Definition columnal support for a building (12 - romanesque) Term cloister Definition central gardened courtyard of a monestary (12 - romanesque) Term Franks Definition the French (12 - romanesque) Term Gaul Definition the name of the land of modern day France (12 - romanesque) Term Anglo-Saxon Definition the early British people (12 - romanesque) Term Hiberno Definition Ireland (12 - romanesque) Term vernacular Definition the indigenous language of the land (12 - romanesque) Term scriptorium Definition place where monks copied scripture pages and illuminated the Word (12 - romanesque) Term Carolignian Period Definition the reign of Charlemagne (12 - romanesque) Term radiating chapels Definition small apses protruding from the main apse (12 - romanesque) Term program Definition theme, arrangement, and meaning of the subjects in a church (12 - romanesque)