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| a series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars, with a wall behind or withing to obscure view or access |
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| a roof in the shape of a pointed horseshoe |
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| an upright post with a transverse piece near the top, the top and sides of which may possess additional decorative pieces |
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| the part of a cruciform church between the nave and the main altar; chancel |
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| a group of vertical supporting structures |
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| the top of a structure, shaped like a cone |
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| cross-in-rectangular plan |
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| a floor plan, usually in a Byzantine church that is shaped like a cross w/in a rectangular outline |
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| a domed roof or ceiling, usually in miniature, with a lantern on top, and surmounting a roof |
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| the intersection of the nave and transept in a cruciform church, which is covered by a hemispherical roof or vault |
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| the circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome; also a section of a circular column |
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| something added to an object as decoration to make it beautiful, as by ornamentation or adornment |
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| an often semicircular protico w/ seats that was used in ancient Greece and rome as a place in which discussions were held. A usually curved outdoor bench w/ a high back |
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| the exterior of a building on one of its principle sides |
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| the art of painting on fresh, moist plaster w/ earth colors dissolved in water |
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| the triangular wall section at the ends of a pitched roof, bounded by the two roof slopes and the ridge pole |
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| to cover with or as if with a crust, particularly decorative plaster, jewels or other embellishments |
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| the dwelling place of a community of persons under religious vows, esp. monks |
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| A Moslem house of worship |
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| a recurrent thematic element or repeated figure of design used in architecture or decoration |
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| a recess in a wall, as for holding a statue |
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| a small turret or spire on a roof or buttress |
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| a recess in a wall w/ a small turret or spire above it |
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| a structural device forming the upper edge of an opening or a support with its two curves meeting at an acute angle, also called an equilateral arch |
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| the projection of figures or forms from a flat background |
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| a receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics |
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| a structural device framing the upper edge of an opening or a support, which is build diagonally across the corners of a rectangular space and used as the transition to a circular or octagonal superstructure (shortening and alteration of scuncheon) |
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| one of a series of rows placed one above another |
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| a structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support of reinforcement, rounded, with parallel grooves incised on it as a decorative motif |
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| a large and stately tomb or building housing such a tomb or tombs |
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