Early Byzantine And Medieval Art

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Torah Niche

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a recession in a wall used to house a Torah

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tufa

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hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash

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Orans

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a gesture involving the raising of the arms in an attitude of prayer

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Basilica

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a Roman building used for public administration

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Nave

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the central area of a church

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Clerestory

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part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light

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Apse

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a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church

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Narthex

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a vestibule leading to the nave of a church

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Byzantium

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the civilization that developed from the eastern Roman Empire following the death of the emperor Justinian (C.E. 565) until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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Justinian

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Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians

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Theodora

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Justinian's wife; helped him run the empire

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Messianic Religion

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people who, as committed Jews, believe in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Jewish Messiah of Israel

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iconoclasm

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a challenge to or overturning of traditional beliefs, customs, and values, any movement against the religious use of images

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Icon

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In Byzantine churches, a screen or partition, with doors and many tiers of icons, separating the sanctuary from the main body of the church.

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Theotokos

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"Mother of God"

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Cross-in-square plan

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church plan in which the shape of a cross is embedded inside a square or rectilinear space

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Squinch

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a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

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Pantocrator

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In Christian art, the image of Christ as ruler and judge of heaven and earth.

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Menorah

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a candelabrum used in Jewish worship, especially one with eight branches and a central socket used at Hanukkah.

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Catacombs Niche

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Hole in a catacomb wall for bodies to be buried

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Pendentive

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a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches.

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Peripatetic

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traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

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Fibula

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brooch, or pin, originally used in dress for fastening garments

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Zoomorphic Interlace

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a pattern containing intertwining animal bodies

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Stave

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the walls of which were constructed of upright planks or staves.

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Codex

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an ancient manuscript text in book form

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Papyrus

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used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.

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Parchment

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a stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal and used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times

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Evangelist Symbols

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Matthew: Angel, Mark: Winged Lion, Luke: Winged Ox, John: Eagle

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Dura Europos (Syria), The Christian Community House, ca.240-256 CE

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Catacomb of Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, early-4th century CE

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Dura Europos (Syria), Synagogue with wall paintings from theOld Testament, ca. 245-256 CE

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The Church of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna (Italy),Dedicated 504 CE (Late Antique/Early Christian)

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The Church of San Vitale, Ravenna (Italy), 526-547 CE(Early Byzantine

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Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), Anthemius of Tralles And Isidorus of Miletus (architects), 532-537(Early Byzantine)

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Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, icon, sixth or early-seventh century (Early Byzantine)

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Katholikon Church, Hosios Loukas, Greece, early-11th Century (Middle Byzantine)

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Merovingian Looped Fibula, from Jouy-le-Comte,France, 6th Century

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Wooden Portal of a Stave Church, Urnes,Norway, ca. 1050-1070

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Animal Head Post from a Viking Ship Burial,Oseberg, Norway,Ca. 825

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Lindisfarne Gospels,Manuscript pages(Cross carpet page and Evangelist writing) from Northumbria, Great Britain, ca. 698-721

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Late Antique and Early Christian Art

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200-527 CE

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Early Byzantine Art

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527-726 CE

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Roman Imperial Period

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200-337 CE

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Middle Byzantine Art

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843-1204 CE

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Late Byzantine Art

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1204-1453 CE