Term
|
Definition
| the church that serves as seat of a bishop |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a building associated with a Christian Martyr |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| elaborate tombs named after the tomb of King Mausoleus |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a screen in Byzantine churches that divides the nave from the chancel and that is used as a support for devotional images |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reverse curve gables seen in Russian architecture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an audience hall in Persian palace architecture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the direction of Mecca, indicated in a mosque by the mihrab; by extension, the wall in which the mihrab is placed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| in Islamic architecture, the tower associated with a mosque from which the faithful are called to prayer |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an open courtyard in a mosque |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
literally 'private' or 'sacred' used to describe the sanctuary in a mosque and the family living quarters in an Islamic house |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| in early mosques, an area in front of the mihrab reserved for officials and sometimes given extra ornamentation (unusual vaulting in a dome) or special screening for security |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| niches in the qibla wall indicating the direction of Mecca |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| in a mosque, the pulpit from which the imam leads prayers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Islamic vault treatment that fragments the surface into many concave segments; may be built-in masonry or suspended as elements from an overhead structure |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the Turkish word for a mosque and its related buildings, typically including educational, charitable, medical and commercial facilities |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| similar to the plank house, a flat- or gable-roofed, post and lintel structure covered with wood planks |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a brush and mud-covered domical structure built by indigenous tribes in the American southwest |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a flat-roofed recatngular, post and lintel structure roofed with brush |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a semi-subterranean structure with its one-room excavated space roofed by an earthen-covered wood frame |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the inclined plan in pre-Columbian pyramid construction |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the vertical, often ornamented, plane in pre-Columbian pyramid construction, comparable to the freize in ancient Greek architecture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a fist-sized depression in ancestral Pueblo kivas, perhaps intended as a portal to the spirit world |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a communal house or group of houses built of adobe or stone |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an upright slab, often carrying images or inscriptions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Hagia Sophia 532-537 Constantinople Arithemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus Byzantine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Old St. Peter's c. 330 Rome Early Christian |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
S. Costanza c. 340 Rome Early Christian |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Dome of the Rock 691-692 Jerusalem Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Masoleum of Galla Placidia 425 Ravenna Byzantine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Great Mosque 706-715 Damascus Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Great Mosque of Cordoba 833-988 Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Great Mosque of Mutawakkil 847-952 Samarra, Iraq Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Orthodox Bapistery of Bishop Neon 458 Ravenna Byzantine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
S. Appolonare in Classe 534-539 Classe Byzantine Justinian |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
S. Appolonare Nuovo 493-525 Ravenna Byzantine Theodoric |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
San Vitale 526-547 Ravenna Byzantine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Santa Sabina 422-432 Rome Early Christian |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
SS. Sergius and Bacchus 527-536 Constantinople Byzantine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the Alhambra 14th century Grenada Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Mosque of Sultan Ahmad I Blue Mosque 1609-1616 Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Chichen-Itza pre-Columbian Mayan |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Fatehpur Sikri 1569-1580 India Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Hogan Native American House |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Longhouse Native American house Iroquois |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Masjid-I-Shah 1611- ca. 1630 Isfanhan Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Mesa Verde 1100-1275 Colorado, USA Native American Housing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Monte Alban 600 BCE - 1000 CE Oaxaca, Mexico Native American Housing Zapotex and Mixtec cultures |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent 1550-1557 Istanbul (Constantinople) Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Palenque Native American Housing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Pueblo Bonito 900-1120 Chaco Canyon, NM Native American housing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Selimiye Mosque 1568-1575 Edirne Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Shehzade Mosque 1545-1548 Istanbul Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Taj Mahal 1631-1647 Agra, India Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) Aztec Native American housing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Teohuacan 200-1000 Mexico Native American housing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Tikal, Guatamala 600 BCE - 900 CE Mayan |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Tipi Native American housing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Tomb of Humayun 1562-1571 Delhi Islamic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Uxmal 900 Yucitan, Mexico Mayan |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Wigwam or Wikiup Native American housing |
|
|
