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Radiating chapel
Definition
A room (or area) that radiates from the center altar with its own alter and intended for private prayerin a medival church.
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Ambulatory
Definition
passageway around the apse in a medieval church
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Jamb
Definition
the verticle found at booth sides of an opening (door) in an archetectual structure
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Portal 
Definition
A grand entrance usually to an important building and often decorated with sculpture
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Tympanum
Definition
The semi-circular area enclosed by the arch above the lintle or an arched entrance way often decortated with sculpturein the medieval period
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Rib Vault
Definition
A masonry vault with a relatively thin web and set within a framework of ribs important during the gothic period
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Flying Buttress
Definition
A free standing buttress attached to the structure (nave choir or transparent wall)by an arch or half-arch which channels the thrust of the vault the outer/exterior important during the gothic period
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Cathedral
Definition
A christian church that contains the seat of a bishop
Term
Reliquary 
Definition
A container in which a relic is stored or displayed often shaped like the relic body parts (such as hands or heads) buildings or statues important during the gotic period
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[image]
Definition

Name:Sarcophogus of Junius Bassus

Era:Early Christian

Material:Marble

Size:3feet 10 inches by 8ft

Place:Vatican, Rome

Date:360 CE

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: Mosaics of Justinian and Thedora

Era:Byzantine

Place: St. Vitale

Where:Ravenna, Italy

Date:527 CE

Material: Glass Mozaic

Size:8ft8in by 12ft

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[image]
Definition

Name:Oseberg Ship

Era:Early Medieval

Location:Oslo Fjord, Norway

Date: 825 CE 

Size:75 Ft L

Material: Wood

Use: Made for costal cruising not war or freight

 

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[image]
Definition

Name:Accusation Doors

Era:Early Medieval

Location:Hildesheim, Germany

Use:To act as a portal to their church

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: The Conques Church

Era:Romanesque

Location: Conques, France

Use:Was made in honor of Sainte Foy

Date: 1015 CE

Term
[image]
Definition

Era:Romanesque

Location: Conques, France

Size: 2ft 9in

Material:Gold Repousse

Use:to hold the body parts of saints hers is a skull

Date:875 CE

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: The Last Jugement

Era: Romanesque

Location: Burgundy,France

place: Cathedral of st. Lazarre

Time:1125 CE

Use:Portal into Autun Cathedral one door for the sinners one for the saints

Artist:Gislebertus

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: The Tree of Jesse

Era:Early Gothic

Material: Stained Glass Window

Artist:St. Denis

Date:1140 CE

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: Royal Portal, Column Figures

Era:Early Gothic

Date: 1145 CE

Location: Chartrese, France

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: Saint Theodore

Era:Gothic

Date: 1210 CE

Artist: 

Location: Chartres catherdral Chartres, France

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Name: Chartres Cathedral

Era:Gothic

Location:Chartres, France

Date: 1194 CE

 

 

Term
[image]
Definition

1. (3 round top) Chapels

2.(between round side and first round top) Ambulatory

3. (bottom of the rainbow) Apse

4. (between BR and center) Choir

5. (center) Crossing

6. (to the sides of center) Transepts

7. (to the sides of the Transepts) Porches

8.  (below the crossing) Nave

9.  (on sides of Nave) Side Aisle

10.  (Entrance) Narthex

Term
[image]
Definition

1. (bottom) Bay

2.  (side arch) Pointed arch

3.  (stucture) Ribs

4.  (between ribs) Web

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Name:Virgin and Child

Where: Chartres Cathedral

Location:Chartres, France

Material:Stained Glass

Era:Early Gothic

Date: 1170 CE

Term
[image]
Definition

Name:Chartres Cathedral

Era: Gothic

Date: 1194 CE

Location: Chartres, France

 

Term
What are 4 elements in Gothic Archetecture
Definition

1.Portals

2.Rose Window

3. Rib Vaults

4.Flying Buttress

Term
Name 1 Typical pilgramage church (on the route) and 2 important characteristics of a Pilgramage church.
Definition

1.The Cathedral of Saint James

 

1. Lage double doors at the ends of transepts

2.  Quadrent Vaults

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