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28 Cards in this Set
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Double foil |
Gothic foiled ornamentation |
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Trefoil |
Gothic foiled Ornamentation |
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Quatrefoil |
Gothic foiled ornamentation |
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Cinquefoil |
Gothic foiled ornamentation |
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Sexfoil |
Gothic foiled Ornamentation |
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Rondel |
poem? |
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Latin Cross, Chartres |
Romanesque. |
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Lancet Arch |
a pointed head arch. Romanesque
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Twin Bell Towers, Spires |
identical towers; spires: long pointed tops of towers. Romanesque |
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Archivolt |
a molding around an arch, sometimes decorated. Romanesque |
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Tympanum |
Main entrance portal. Arched semicircular panel over door. Romanesque |
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Rose Window |
Romanesque. |
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Buttress, Flying Buttress |
supported the sides of the building due to great heights in Gothic cathedrals. Romanesque times.Continued into Gothic times. |
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Ribbed Vault |
Romanesque. Also seen in gothic cathedrals. |
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Fan Vault |
Gothic |
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Intarsia |
an elaborate form of marquetry using inlays in wood, especially as practiced in 15th-century Italy. |
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Labyrinth |
a maze-like pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church. |
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Cosmati |
geometric decorative inlay stonework |
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Strapwork |
A type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern |
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Chip Carving |
Chip carving involves removing chips of the hardwood (oak, walnut, cypress in Italy) to create patterns, usually in a medallion or circular shapes. Results were linear radial motifs, circular diapers, and circular rosettes. |
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Trussing Bed |
Made to be disassembled, "trussed up," and taken along with the lord of the manor on his trips to his other estates. Beds were the status symbols furniture item in any lord's castle. |
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Linenfold |
an ornamental motif resembling folded, linen, carved on paneling |
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Tracery |
Ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bards, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, panels, screens |
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Finial |
a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc. |
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Chevron |
zig-zag motif |
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Great Hall |
Gothic residential interior. Timber truss work, oak screen, dais |
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Dais |
a raised platform as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc. |
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Trestle Table |
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