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catacomb
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subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers designed as cemeteries for the burial of the dead.
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cubiculum
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a chamber in an early christian catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel.
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Good Shephard
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jesus christ as the good shepherd. "i am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep"
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Jonah
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story of miracle of salvation and mercy of god. resurrection of christ=story of jonah
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relics
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the body parts, clothing, or objects associated with a holy figure, such as the Budha or Christ or a Christian saint.
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Nave
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The central area of an ancient Roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns.
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Transept
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the part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle.
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aisles
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the portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated fro it by a row of columns of piers.
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narthex
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a porch or vestibule of a church, generall colonnaded or arcaded and preceding the nave.
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clerestory
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the windows that form the nave's uppermost level below the timber ceiling or the vaults
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Basilica plan church
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a church somewhat resemblimg the roman basilica usually enetered from one end and with an apse at the other
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central plan church
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the parts of the structure are of equal or almost equal dimensions around the center
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pendentive
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a concave, triangular section of a hemisphere, four of which provide the transition from a square area to the circular base of a covering dome.
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buttress
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an exterior masonry structure that opposes the lateral thrust of an arch or a vault.
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icon
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a portrait or image;especially in byzantine art, a panel with a painting of sacred personages that are objects of veneration.
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iconoclasm
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destruction of images. in byzantium, the period from 726-843 when there was an imperial ban on images.
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iconostasis
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in byzantine churches, a screen or a partition, with doors and many tiers of icons, separating the sanctuary from the main body of the church.
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theotokos
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Greek, "bearer of God." the virgin mary, the mother of jesus.
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cloisonne
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decorative brickwork in later byzantine architecture
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parchment
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lambskin prepared as a surface for painting or writing
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crusades
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in medieval europe, armed pilgrimages aimed at recapturing the holy land from the muslims
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radiating chapels
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in medieval churches, chapels for the display of relics that opened directly onto the ambulatory and the transept
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transverse arch
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an arch separating one vaulted bay from the next
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tympanum
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the space enclosed by a lintel and an arch over a doorway
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rib vault
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a vault in which the diagonal and transverse ribs compose a structural skeleton that partially supports the masonry web between them.
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flying buttress
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consists typically of an inclined member carried on an arch or a serious of arches and a sold buttress to which it transmits lateral thrust.
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compound pier
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a pier with a group, or cluster, of attached shaft, or responds, especially characteristic of gothic architecture.
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stained glass
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in gothic architecture, the colored glass used for windows
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lancet window
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in gothic architecture, a tall narrow window ending in a pointed arch
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pilgramage
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in romanesque times, pilgrimage was the most conspicuous feature of public devotion, proclaiming the pilgrim's faith in the power of saints and hope for theur special favor
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