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Medieval Architecture
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
12/10/2011

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Term
Half-Timber
Definition
building has exposed wood framing, spaces between filled with plaster, brick, or stone
Term

Bible for the Poor

(Biblia Pauperum)

Definition

Milan Cathedral

Bible scenes depicted on the outside for the poor to understand, most people were illiterate

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Rose Window
Definition

often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery

 

Think Notre Dame

Term
Tracery
Definition
s the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window
Term

Pointed Arch 

(Gothic Arch)

Definition
basically just a pointed arch commonly found in gothic architecture
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Ribbed Vault
Definition

The intersection of two or three barrel vaultsproduces a rib vault orribbed vault when they are edged with anarmature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns; 


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Term
Porch
Definition
Term
Tympanum
Definition
an architectural element located within the arch or pedimen
Term
North Porch
Definition
Local Religious Figures
Term
South Porch
Definition
Virgin Mary
Term
Central Porch
Definition
Christ
Term
Stereotomy
Definition

stone cutting


Craft of cutting and dressing complicated blocks of masonry such as those for an arch, vault, or spiral staircase.

 

 

Term
Lux/Lumen/Illumination
Definition
amount of light illuminating an area
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City of God

(Civitas Dei)

Definition
Term

Abbey Cluny

Where: Cluny, France

Year: 1095 C.E

Architect: Unknown

Definition
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St. Denis

Where: Paris, France

Year: 1144 CE

Architect: Abbey Suger

Definition
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Chartres Cathedral

Where: Chartes, France

Year: 12 C.

Architect: Unknown

 

Definition
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Term

Salisbury Cathedral

Where: Salisbury, England

Year: 1220-1258 CE

Definition
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Term

Villard de Honnecourt

 

Definition
artist, mason, carpenter
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