Art History Vocabulary Words From Chapter 11

Front 1

ambulatory

Back 1

A covered walkway, outdoors or indoors; especially the passageway around the apse and choir of a Church.
(chapter 11)

Front 2

apse

Back 2

A recess, usually singular and semi-circular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a Christian church.
(chapter 11)

Front 3

catacomb

Back 3

Subterranean networks of galleries and chambers designed as cemeteries for the burial of the dead.

Front 4

cathedra

Back 4

Literally, the seat of the bishop, which the word cathedral is derived.

Front 5

codex

Back 5

Seperate pages of vellum or parchment bound together in one; the predecessor of the modern book.

Front 6

cubiculium (cubicula)

Back 6

A chamber in any Early Christian catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel.

Front 7

diptych

Back 7

A two-paneled painting or altarpiece; also an ancient Roman, Early Christian, or Byzantine hinged writing tablet, often of ivory and carved on the external sides.

Front 8

Eucharist

Back 8

In Christianity, the partaking of the bread and wine, which believers hold to be either Christ himself or symbolic of him.

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mausoleum

Back 9

A central-plan, domed structure, built as a memorial.

Front 10

narthex

Back 10

A porch or vestibule of a church, generally, colonnaded or arcaded and preceding the nave.

Front 11

nave

Back 11

The central are of an ancient Roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns.

Front 12

nimbus

Back 12

A halo or aureole appearing around the head of a holy figure to signify divinity.

Front 13

orant(s)

Back 13

In Early Christian art, a figure with both arms raised up in the ancient gesture of prayer.

Front 14

Torah

Back 14

The scroll containing the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures.

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tesserae

Back 15

Tiny stones or pieces of glass cut to desired shape and size to use in mosaics to create design and composition.

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transept

Back 16

The part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle.
(chapter 11)

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Vellum

Back 17

Calfskin prepared as a surface for writing or painting.
(chapter 11)

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Back 18

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