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16 Cards in this Set
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Tympanum
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an architectural element located within the arch or Pediment
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Groin Vault
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is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults.
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Barrel Vault
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an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve along a given distance.
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Buttress
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an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.
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Reliquary
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an object or a personal item of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial.
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Scriptorium
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literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the copying of manuscripts by monastic scribes.
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Syncretism
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consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought.
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Tesserae
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an individual tile in a mosaic, usually formed in the shape of a cube.
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Rotulus
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A sheet of paper, parchment, or other material folded in half to make two leaves in a codex.
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Basilica
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was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located in the forum of a Roman town.
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Pendentive
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a constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or an elliptical dome over a rectangular room.
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Sarcophagus
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a funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone.
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Apse
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a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault.
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Form
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open public place in the middle of a Roman city
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Atrium
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large open space within a building
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Fibula
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safety pin of ancient world
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