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is a term that has been applied to the earliest Christian places of worship, churches that existed in private homes.
House of the Church
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| A community of persons, esp. monks or nuns, living under religious vows. |
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| A prescribed form or set of forms for public religious worship |
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| The attempt to combine two different types of religions, cultures, or schools of thought with their similarities (In the case of Rome many pagan ideas mixed with christian to convert a larger population). |
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| A monogram of chi (Χ) and rho (Ρ) as the first two letters of Greek Khristos Christ, used as a Christian symbol. |
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| (Roman) Large underground space (fit for family) for rich |
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| The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. |
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| A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theater, an airplane, or a train. |
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Crossing (sometimes called transept)
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| http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/image/glossary/transept.jpg |
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| A large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof, typically at the eastern end, and usually containing the altar |
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http://blog.beliefnet.com/stuffchristianculturelikes/files/import/narthex/narthex.jpg
An antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance of some early Christian churches, separated off by a railing and used by catechumens, penitents, etc |
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| Open area courtyard before rest of building |
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| A particular kind of icon which are alleged to have come into existence miraculously, not created by a human painter. Created by the hands of god. |
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| The method by which a building is made to look lighter than it actually is. As if made by angels, held up by god. |
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| A curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches |
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| A Muslim place of worship |
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| A niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, toward which the congregation faces to pray |
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| A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer |
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A short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque. (Like an ambo) |
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| Structural elements taken from other buildings |
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| A curved arch often used in Spanish medieval architecture. Its maximum width is greater than the distance between its two side supports. The Horshe arch is the emblematic arch of Islamic architecture. They were formerly constructed in Visigothic Spain. |
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| A westwork (also westwerk, the German word) is the monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church. |
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| Each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building |
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| A journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected (relic) usually to pay penance for a sin. Ordered by town, would bring back items to prove that they had made journey (i.e. seashell). |
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| A part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence, believed to have special powers. Burial next to these was extremely sought after. Pilgrims would make journeys to see relics. |
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Chapels encircle an apse, usually with relics inside them
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/france/conques/stefoy/plan.jpg |
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A vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/image/glossary/jamb.jpg |
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either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening.
either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
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| A vault with a masonry framework of intersecting arches (ribs) supporting cells, used in Gothic and late Norman architecture. |
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http://tomaselli.wiki.ccsd.edu/file/view/dome_on_squinches.gif/51702347/dome_on_squinches.gif
Octagon (possibly supported with pendentives) holding up dome. |
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| A grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a water spout. |
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A buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LTxX6RDT5eI/SuYCSPNDnHI/AAAAAAAAAUM/XkIIUgrYY_E/s400/flying+buttress.jpg |
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| A gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church. |
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| upper walkway, below triforium |
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| an arcade marking the separation between a nave and its side aisles |
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| half column attached to a wall, like a pilaster |
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| Revenge of the nerds, Look back towards roman architecture. |
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