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Art History105

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When was the Edict of Milan passed?   313ce  
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Who passed the Edict of Milan?   Constantine  
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Catacomb   underground burial chambers  
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basilica plan   floor plan modeled after Roman Basilicas  
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When did Theodosius I divide the empire   when he died in 395ce  
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In what year did Ravenna (and Roman empire) fall?   476ce  
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Narthex   vestibule  
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Transept   perpendicular and transverse aisle between the nave  
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Nave   Main aisle if the church  
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Apse   place where the altar is  
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Clerestory   windows in the upper wall and beneath the timber roof  
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Byzantium   The Greek city where New Rome was founded (Constantinople)  
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Centralized Plan   A floor plan centered around a dome  
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Pendentives   helped open up the area under and support the domes  
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Mosaic   an image made of little titles called tessere  
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Icon   an image considered to be holy  
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medeus aevum   “middle age”  
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cloisonnés   Early Medievil metalwork  
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interlace   a form of adornment called knotwork  
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manuscript illumination   The decoration of holy manuscripts  
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Hiberno-Saxon   art from British Monasteries  
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Monasticism   The organization of and religious practice of living in monasteries  
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Feudalism   Medieval Government where people pledging support to more powerful people  
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Pilgrimage   A religious Journey to all the important churches to see their relics  
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cult of saints and relics   the collecting of and worshiping of holy objects  
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reliquary   container where the holy relic was kept  
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barrel vaulting   continuous semi circular cut stone vaults  
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Compound Piers   piers with columns or pilasters attached to the rectangle cores  
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Ambulatory   like a hallway around the apse  
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radiating chapels   chapels built off the apse  
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Tympanum   the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance bounded by a lintel and arch  
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ribbed groin vault (“rib vault”)   A groin vault with rib-like supports  
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pointed arch   an arch with a point on top  
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flying buttress   An arch used to support the walls of the church inside or outside  
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jamb statue   are figures carved on the jambs of a doorway or window  
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Frederick II   Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicil  
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panel painting   the painting of panels for the altar or walls of a church  
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