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| the prominent semicircular lunette above the doorway proper, comparable in importance to the triangular pediment of a Greco-Roman temple. |
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| the wedge-shaped blocks that together form the archivolts of the arch framing the tympanum. |
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| the horizontal beam above the doorway |
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| the center post supporting the lintel in the middle of the doorway |
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| the side posts of the doorway |
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| Last Judgement, west tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135. Marble. |
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| radiating chapels off the ambulatory and transept. |
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| cross vault a section across the church to make a cross shape |
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| from Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, France, ca. 1070-1080. Embroidered wool on linen. |
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| William the Pios, duke of Aquitaine, donated land near Cluny in Burgundy to a community of reform-minded Benedictine monks. |
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