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| 742-814, Brought order to Europe during the Dark Ages, he tried to revive the Roman empire but after he died, all his progress reversed, |
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| time/ empire of Charlemagne (Charles the Great), architecture based on Byzantine, Early Christian and Roman (hence Romanesque) |
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| Spiritual and consecrated life according to St. Benedict., esp for monasteries. |
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| a way in Romanesque arch used to determine different lengths of parts of the church, created regularity |
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| a place of worship for Christians |
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| building or series of buildings reserved for prayer as well as house monastic to work and live |
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| an area to the side of the nave for walking, usually separated by a row of columns |
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| area for offering for religious purposes or other ceremonies |
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| semi circular ending of a church usually with a domed/ vaulting ceiling, on the liturgical end of the church |
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| covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, usually signifying it was once part of a monastic complex |
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| entrance or lobby area at the nave's end, on the far end away from the main altar, not usually considered part of the church proper |
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| central approach to high altar, main body of the church |
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| the area perpendicular to the main body of the church in a cruciform church, area that separated nave from altar |
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| monunmental west facing entrance to a Carolingian or Romanesque church |
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caliph-head of a caliphate, leader of Islamic community
Caliphate-first system of governing of Islam |
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| 570-631, founder of Islam, thought to be messenger and prophet of God (Allah) |
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| leader of mosque or community in Islam, leader of prayer |
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| central religious text of Islam, as told to the prophet Muhammad |
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| the holy meeting cite of Muslims, where Muhammad was born. |
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| a person who is adherent to the practices of Islam |
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| place of worship for followers of Islam |
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| a hall with a flat ceiling supported by columns, |
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| an area similar to an apse, like a niche to show where to pray (in what direction) and to help amplify speakers voice |
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| tower used to call people for prayer |
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| a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam stands to deliver the sermons |
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| the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays, mosque usually have a niche that marks this direction |
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| a series of roads that led people to Santiago de Campo, cities sprouted up all along to help people along this religious journey |
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| a covered place for walking usually behind the high altar, places for prayer for people who are not members of a church, esp popular along Pilgrimage rd. |
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| upper level of the nave of a Romanesque/ Gothic cathedral where the roofs rise up and have windows, allowing light in |
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| one side of the exterior of a building, usually the front but not always, often the most important from a design standpoint |
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| the area between the arcade and the clerestory in a Romanesque cathedral wall, usually a blind arcade but sometimes has windows |
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| upright support for arches, built of masonry, usually rectangular with horizontal moulding and connecting to the vaulting |
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| a slightly projected column built in or applied to a wall |
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| the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, often with sculpture or ornamentation |
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| the extrusion/ extension of a curved along a distance, forming a vault |
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| a vault of 2 barrel vaults meeting at 90 degrees |
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