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| Using stylized, abstracted animals usually worked in metal or sculptred from other materials, and often small, portable objects |
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| A decorative technique using abstracted animal forms in an interwoven pattern |
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| technique where small metal strips (cloisons), usually of gold are soldered edge up to a metal background. When finished the edges of these cloisons remain visible and are an important part of the design |
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| a text, as in a hand-lettered codex (book), written & decorated by hand with color illustration |
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| Part of a church between the chief entrance & the apse end; the long central hallway demarcated from the side aisles by piers or columns |
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| the transverse arms of a cross-shaped church; they run perpendicular to the nave |
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| a cross-shaped floor plan; not typically seen until the Gothic era |
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| the space in a cruciform church formed by the intersection of the nave & the transept |
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| the portion of a church flanking the nave & separated from it by a row of columns or piers |
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| the vaulted, semi-circular or polygonal termination (end), usually to a chancel or chapel or compound piers of alternating form |
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| in Medieval church architecture, the use of alternating wall supports in the nave, usually piers & columns |
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| a continuous projecting horizontal band set in the surface of a wall & usually molded |
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| an arched, covered passageway forming the lowest part of a wall elevation of a church |
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| refers to the two-tone system of stonework in architecture |
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| a stylized depiction of drapery where the folds somewhat simulate rungs on a ladder |
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| held the apple of the knowledge of good & evil |
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| journey to the distant shrines of saints, whose spiritually powerful relics could be venerated there |
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| armed pilgrimages, whose stated purpose was to wrest the Christian shrines of the Holy Land from muslim control |
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| an object of religious worship, especially an article reputed to be associated with a saint or martyr |
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| a unit of measurement by which the proportions of a building are regulated |
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| chapels that surround the apse end of a church |
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| a mass of masonry or brick work projecting from or buildt against a wall to give added strength |
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| a vertical division of the interior or exterior of a building, marked not by walls but bu such things as: columns, piers, buttresses, units of vaulting, windows, doors, etc |
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| the design & placement of windows in a building |
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| tall pyramidal, polygonal, or conical structures rising from a tower or roof & terminating in a point; this term is often associated with Gothic Art |
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| an arcaded area of the wall, above the nave arcade & below the clerestory; this is a term most often associated with Gothic Art |
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| —an arched ceiling or roof, usually of stone or brick |
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| the simplest form of a vault, consisting of continuous, unbroken semi-cylindrical vault resembling a tunnel |
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| Is produced by the intersection of two barrel vaults at right angles; also called a groin vault |
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| In this type of vaulting, one bay of quadripartite vaulting is divided transversely into two parts so that each bay has six compartments; this is a rib vault with six panels |
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| The semi-circular sculpted area above the door lintel |
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| Italian for Almond; an almond-shaped variation on the halo surrounding the entire body of religious figures such as the transfigured Christ, God, or Virgin Mary after the Assumption; represents the union of heaven & earth |
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| One (or Two ) Finger Teaching Pose |
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| when a figure raises one or two fingers while speaking or addressing someone |
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| a doorway or entrance, especially one that is large & iposing; often refers to Medieval & Renaissance architecture |
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