Arch Finals

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Aisle

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A passageway to either side of the nave that is separated from the nave by colonnades or arcades, a row of pillars or columns

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Apse

Back 2

A semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the sanctuary or at the east end of a church to define the space for the altar. Also called the exedra

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Atrium

Back 3

The forecourt of an early christian church, flanked or surrounded by porticos

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Baldechino

Back 4

An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently placed over the high altar in the church

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Basillica

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An early christian church, characterized by a long rectangular plan, a high colonnaded nave lit by a clerestory and covered by a timbered gable roof, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse at the end, and a narthex

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Baray

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A large shallow water tank, reservoir, or irrigation system for watering of crops in southeast asia

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Brackets

Back 7

The chinese wood roof structure system designed as a structural support of the roof and to resist earthquake forces

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Campo

Back 8

The public square, or piazza of a medieval italian city

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Cenote

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The mayan word for deep water-filled sinkholes that the itza assosciated with the underworld

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Cenote

Back 10

The mayan word for deep water-filled sinkholes that the itza assosciated with the underworld

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Chacmool

Back 11

Toltec sacrificial altar in the shape of a reclining man

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Chancel

Back 12

The space about the altar of the church for the clergy or the choir, often elevated above the nave and separated by a rail or screen

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Chevet

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(French for headpiece) the apse area of a french gothic cathedral

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Clerestory

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The uppermost of a church nave characterized by a series of large windows above the adjacent rooftops to admit daylight into tje interior

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Cupola

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A light structure on a dome or roof, usually crowned with a dome and serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere

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Coatepantli

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the "snake wall" with decorative image of partly skeletonized men being devoured by snakes found in Toltec pyramids

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Colonette

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small slender column often in the pier of a Gothic church that visually traces the forces in the vaults overhead

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Deul

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Shrine in Orissan Hindu temple architecture

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Didactic

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Intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment

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Dome

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A vaulted structure having a circular or polygonal plan and usually the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions

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Fang

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Urban neighborhood block in Chinese cities. Each fang was its miniature city with transportation networks, wall and towers

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Gable Roof

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A roof sloping downwards into two parts from a central ridge so as to form a gable at each ends

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Groin-Vault

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A compound vault formed by the perpendicular intersection of two vaults forming arched diagonal arises called groins

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Iwan

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A large vaulted hall serving as a entrance portal into a courtyard

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Lingam

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Literally "phallus", but also "mark" or "sign", the symbol for the Hindu god Shiva

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Mandala

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A Buddhist or Hindu diagram of the cosmos, often used as a guide for Indian temple plans

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Mandapa

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A pillared hall in front of the Hindu temple and sometimes connected to it

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Martyrium

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1. A site that bore witness to important events in the life of Christ or one of his apostles 2. A place where relics of a martyr are kept 3. A church erected over a tomb of a martyr or in honor of a martyr

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Mendicant

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Religious orders who rely on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive

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Mihrab

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Niche on the qibla wall of a mosque

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Minaret

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The tower in the mosque from which the faithful are called to prayer

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Narthex

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1. The portico before the nave of an early Christian or Byzantine church 2. An entrance hall or vestibule leading to a church

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Nave

Back 33

The principle or central part of a church extending form the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles

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Proportion

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In architecture it is a correspondence among the measure of the members of the entire work, and of the whole to a certain selected as standard

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Qibla

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The mosque wall facing Mecca

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Refectory

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A dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools, and academic institutions

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Rose Window

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A large circular window, usually of stained glass and decorated with tracery, symmetrical about the center

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Shikhara

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The tower of a Hindu temple, usually tapered convexly and capped by an amalaka

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Transept

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1. The major transverse part of a cruciform church, crossing the main axis at a right angle between the nave and the choir 2. Either of the projecting arms of this part, on either side of the central aisle (nave) of the church

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Triforium

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The arcaded wall corresponding to the space between the vaulting and the roof of an aisle, usually opening to the nave

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Typanum

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The recessed triangular shape enclosed by the rakings cornices of a triangular pediment, often decorated with sculpture

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Vihara

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Buddhist monk dormitory

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Baptistery

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A part of a church or a separate building in which the rite of baptism is administered