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Cathedrals
Notes and vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A tall narrow cone-shaped roof for upward projection on a cathedral | spire |
| The art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or lime water or a picture produced by this method | fresco |
| nave | |
| apse | |
| triforium | |
| arcade | |
| sanctuary | |
| narthex | |
| clerestory | |
| baptistery | |
| the part of a church used by such a group | choir |
| in architecture a covered walkway in a cloister | ambulartory |
| a crucifix esp. a large one at the entrance of a church chancel | rood |
| a likeness of a person usually sculpted as on a tomb | effigy |
| a segmental arch that transmits outward and downward pressure from the upper side wall of a building to a solid buttress on the ground | flying buttress |
| a macabre or grotesque sculpture of an animal or person often carved as an architectural | gargoyles |