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| human-made subterranean passages for religious practices - burials of early christianity |
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-Early church around the edges of rome
-church assigned to one of the cardinal priests or founder
- also used to label or caption figures or subjects in art |
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| area of the church between the nave and sanctuary, located in the chancel |
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a rectangular area which crosses the main axis of the basilica type building and extended beyond it
-cross piece of the cross |
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| -passageway with seats on both sides or with seats on one and a wall on the other |
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| bell tower, built beside or attached to a church |
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| a building in which sides are equal in length and and the main space is symmetrical laterally and longitudinally; open space at center of building directed on the vertical axis |
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| speaker's stand in the church |
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| clay based earthen material that is unglazed or glazed ceramic that is fired |
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| a branch of later goths established in italy |
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| brining back roman and greek architecture; brings back trabeation and arcuated structures |
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| -christian church with a central nave and aisles |
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| colonnaded forecourt to the church |
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| entrance or lobby area located opposite the church's altar at the end of the nave |
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| central approach to the high altar extending from the narthex to the chancel |
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| semicircular recess in the termination of the sanctuary end of the church |
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| a convert to Christianity receiving basic principles on the doctrine of the religion before baptism |
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| -shaped like the cross upon which Christ was crucified |
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| early christian mausoleum for a martyr |
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| -revived byzantine architecture |
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-the filling of the angles of a square room that form a base to support a dome
-lintels in the corners |
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| -upright part of a building in which a dome is raised |
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| -inner and outer shell of a dome |
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| passage open to one side on the second story of a church |
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| outer narthex of a church having two narthexes |
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| greek stadium for horse and chariot racing |
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| centralized mass and four arms of equal length |
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| facing applied to a wall of a building built of other materials |
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| larger in diameter than the dome they sit on |
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| triangular segment in between a dome and the arch of the square base |
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| -curve of the dome is connected to the pendentives |
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| -dome is placed on top of the pendentives |
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| -arches in the corner of a square base, built up to act like trabeated squinches but look arcuated from inside |
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| deliberate destruction within a culture of a culture's own religious icons, symbols or monuments |
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-centralized church with nine bays and the middle bay on each side is domed
-large dome and four subsidiary domes |
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| domed center expanding into a cross |
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| junction of the four arms of a cruciform in a church |
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| -germanic tribes in spain |
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| glazed pottery with an opaque white glaze |
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| direction that should be faced when muslims pray |
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| tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown; used as a visual focal point for the call to prayer |
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| -semicircular niche in the wall that signifies the qibla |
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-type of corbel used as a decorative device
-resemble stalactites |
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rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, open on three sides with one end open
-combines corbelling and arcuated elements in doorways |
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| -inlay of finely cut, highly polished stones |
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| roman catholic religious order of monastic communities that observe the rule of st. benedict |
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| controlled by local landowners - feudal |
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| monastery devoted to religious seclusion |
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| use of bits from other buildings |
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| significance on west facade of church |
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| curved semi sections which correspond to shape of a dome |
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| intersection of two or three vaults and has ribbed arches |
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| high windows above eye level for light |
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| ornament at the crown of a buttress |
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| ribs are all of the same curve and are spread equidistantly |
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| vertical element that forms a division between units of a window |
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| where an arch or vault rises from its support |
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| shallow arched gallery within thickness of wall |
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| built against or projecting from a wall in which in carries the load from the top down to support taller spaces |
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| -stonework elements that support glass elements in gothic architecture |
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| semi-circular chapels radiating around the bays of an apse |
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| supporting arch which runs from side to side |
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| a gallery or covered space on facade of building that serves as a portico and a social space rather than just to move through |
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small, most often dome like structure on top of a building - can be used for a look out or to provide light
-crowns a roof or dome |
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| -realisitc imagery to create optical illusions of the orders on a flat surface |
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| any building with a circular ground plan, sometimes covered with a dome |
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