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Stringcourse

a line of demarcation between the stories of a multistoried building

Carolingian

The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD

Charlemagne

King of the Franks. He united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany.

Cloisonne

An ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects

Fibula

a clasp resembling a safety pin used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans

Hiberno Saxon

style of art produced in the post-Roman history of the British Isles

Lindisfarne Gospel

an illuminated manuscript gospel book

Ottonian

Pre-Romanesque German Art

Pier

A raised structure

Scythians

Iranian Eurasians whom were feared and admired for their prowess in war and, in particular, for their horsemanship

Interlace

cross or be crossed intricately together

Vikings

raided and traded from their Scandinavian homelands across wide areas of northern and central Europe

Voussoir

a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, used in building an arch or vault

Animal Style

an approach to decoration found from China to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, and the barbarian art of the Migration Period, characterized by its emphasis on animal motifs

Crossing Square

The area in a church that is formed by the intersection (crossing) of a nave and transept of equal width

Psalter

a volume containing the Book of Psalms

Ambulatory

a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery

Triforium

A shallow arched gallery within the thickness of an inner wall, above the nave of a church or cathedral

Archivolt

an ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch

Quadrant Vault

A curving interior opposed to a ribbed vault

Choir

the part of a cathedral or large church between the altar and the nave, used by the choir and clergy

Compound Pier

Clustered column or pier

Corbel Arching

An arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique ofcorbeling to span a space or void in a structure

Diaphragm Arch

A diaphragm arch is a transverse wall-bearing arch forming a partial wall dividing a vault or a ceiling into compartments

Groin Vaulting

produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults

Jambs

a columnar mass or pillar in a mine or quarry

Rib Vaulting

The intersection of two or three barrel vaultsproduces a rib vault or ribbed vault when they are edged with an armature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns

Tribune/Gallery

Domed or vaulted apse of a basilica

Trumeau

a section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church

Radiating Chapel

a chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse

Rayonnant Westwork

characterized by a shift in focus away from the High Gothic mode of utilizing great scale and spatial rationalism

Cistercian

A religious order of monks and nuns

Tympanum

a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated

Scholasticism

the system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities, based on Aristotelian logic and the writings of the early Church Fathers and having a strong emphasis on tradition and dogma

Tracery

ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window

Abbot Suger

Suger was a French abbot, statesman, historian and one of the earliest patrons of Gothic architecture

Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist was a French abbot and the primary reformer of the Cistercian order

Chevet

they had been augmented with radiating apse chapels outside the choir aisle, the entire structure of Apse, Choir and radiating chapels

Clerestory

a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level

Embrasure

a small opening in a parapet of a fortified building, splayed on the inside

Fan Vaulting

the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan

Flamboyant Gothic

denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flamelike tracery and ornate decoration

Buttress

a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall

Hall Church

A church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof

Court Style

Earliest phase of the Rayonnant style of French Gothic, closely associated with the reign of King Louis IX

Perpendicular Gothic

characterized by a predominance of vertical lines in stone window tracery, enlargement of windows to great proportions, and conversion of the interior stories into a single unified vertical expanse

Quadripartite Vault

A Rib vault where the bay is divided by diagonal and transverse ribs into four cells or webs

Pilaster

a rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wal

Rose Window

a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose

St. Denis

A Christian martyr and saint

Saint Francis

An Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher

Square Schematism

a way in Romanesque arch used to determine different lengths of parts of the church, created regularity

Westwork

the monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church