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64 Cards in this Set
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Icon |
Sacred image of holy figure |
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Vellum |
A high quality animal skin used for writing |
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House church |
Private home used for Christian celebrations |
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Martyr |
Believers who are persecuted or die for their faith |
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Central plan structure |
A church building with a nave aisles and clerestory |
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Codex |
The successor to papyrus a collection of writings bound together as separate pages |
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Catacomb |
Underground burial places |
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Liturgy |
Prayer and rituals in a public religious service |
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Medieval |
Word that indicates Middle Ages the period between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance |
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Greek cross |
A Cross with arms at equal length |
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Torah |
The first five books of the hewbrew bible |
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Byzantine |
Name for the eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople |
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Prefiguraciones |
Interpretations of events in the Hewbrew bible as relates to Jesus Christ |
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Conoclasm |
Movement that is intolerant of religious images |
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Continuous narrative |
A story telling device showing several scenes in one image |
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Idolatry |
The worship of images or idols |
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Halo |
A golden disc depicted behind the head of a figure to show holiness |
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Basilicas |
A building with a round or polygonal shape capped by a dome |
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Pendentive |
Triangular vaults used to support a dome |
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veristic |
a realistic representation showing the true feature of the subject |
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forum |
the center of civic life in rome |
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engaged columns |
columns set into the masonary of a wall |
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atrium |
central court of the roman house |
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coffer |
a recessed panel in a ceiling |
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arch |
a curved structure used in the span of an opening |
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basilica |
a large oblong building used as a public meeting space |
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keystone |
the central voussoir of an arch |
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oculus |
a circular opening at the top of a dome |
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trompe-ioeil |
a work of art that looks deceptiviely real |
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dome |
a vaulted roof with a circular or elliptical shape |
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composite capital |
a capital that has both ionic capitals and acanthus decoration |
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peristyle courtyard |
an open garden court of a Roman house surronded by a colonnade |
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encaustic |
a painting technique which involved pigment dissolved in hot wax |
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groin vault |
a vault formed by the intersection of two barrel vault |
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apotheosis |
the process of becoming divine |
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Concrete |
a revolutionary building material made of sand and lime mortar |
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barrel vault |
A tunnel shaped roof covering based on the arch |
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hypocaust |
a heating system beneath the floor |
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pilaster |
a flat column used as ornament |
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stucco |
a slow dying plaster that can be easily modeled |
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urn |
a vessel designed to hold the ashes of a cremated body |
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terracotta |
an earthenware material with or without glaze |
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voussair |
wedge-shaped stones set in a arch |
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tumuli |
tombs in the shape of mounds |
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fibula |
a brooch or decorative safety pin used to secure a garment |
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tuff |
a soft volcanic rock which hardens when exposed to air. |
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crypt |
a chapel located underneath the apse of a church |
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chi-rho |
greek letter which indicate christ |
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psalter |
a book of psalms |
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conversions |
the process of changing religions to become a christian |
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interlace |
intricate patterns with crossing strands |
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rule of st. benedict |
establish guidelines for life in a monastery |
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tribune |
a balcony like chamber for the king in the west end of a church |
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iconography |
the study of the use and meaning of images in art |
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reliquary |
a container to enshrine holy remants or relics |
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cloiser |
an open courtyard attached to one side of the monastery |
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colophon |
production information recorded at the end of a manuscript |
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westwork |
a tower-like structure at the west end of the church with a gallery in the upper story |
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feudalism |
a political system which provided the use of land in exchange for loyalty to a lord |
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monastery |
an establisment for monks or nuns, also called an abbey |
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cloisonne |
a techniqur of enamling small cells defined by thin metal casings |
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illumination |
manuscript illustrations embellished with gold and silver |
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barbarians |
negative name for german tribes used by the romans. |
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scriptorium |
worklshop where monks copied nd illuminated manuscripts |
