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35 Cards in this Set
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ByzantineEmpire
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324-1450CE
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EmperorJustinian, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna
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547CE
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HagiaSophia
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532CE
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Pendentive |
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Triptych
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a picture (such as a painting) that has three panels placed next to each other
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Manuscriptillumination
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manuscript in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials
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Psalter
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a collection of Psalms for liturgical or devotional use
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Mosaic
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piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass,
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Early Middle Ages
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500-1100 CE
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Book of Kells
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9th century
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Manuscript illumination
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text is supplemented with such decoration
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Repousse
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metalworking technique, shaped by hammering from reverse side to create a low relief
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Carolingian Empire
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empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages
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Charlemagne
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founder of the Holy Roman Empire
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Carpet page
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They are pages of mainly geometrical ornamentation
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Vellum
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paper made from calf
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Romanesque Period
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1000-1200
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First Crusade
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1095
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Cathedral of St. Lazare, Autun Last Judgment, Gislebertus
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1130
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Crusade
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Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Pilgrimage
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a pilgrim journey
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Tympanum
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semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance
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Transept
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Second Commandment
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Do not make yourself an idol
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Iconography
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symbols
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Mandorla
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surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary in traditional Christian art
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Gothic Period
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1140-1500
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Chartres Cathedral Portals, windows, tympanum
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1134
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Black Death
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1340s
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Abbot Suger
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French abbot, statesman, historian and one of the earliest patrons of Gothic architecture
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Great Schism
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break of communion between what are now the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches
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Flying buttress
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Royal Portal
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Rose window
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circular window
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Thomas Aquinas
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Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church.
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