Vocabulary (early christian, early jewish art)
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| Ambulatory | a passageway around the apse or altar of a church
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| Apse | the endpoint of a church where the altar is located
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| Atrium (plural: atria) | a courtyard in a Roman house or before a Christian church
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| Axial plan (Basilican plan, Longitudinal plan) | a church with a long nave whose focus is the apse, so-called because it is designed along an axis
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| Basilica | In Christian architecture, an axially planned church with a long nave, side aisles, and an apse for the altar
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| Catacomb | an underground passageway used for burial
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| Central Plan | a church having a circular plan with the altar in the middle
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| Chalice | a cup used in a Christian ceremony
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| Clerestory | the third, or window, story of a church
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| Coffer | in architecture, a sunken panel in a ceiling
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| Cubicula | small underground rooms in catacombs serving as mortuary chapels
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| Gospels | the first four books of the New Testament that chronicle the life of Jesus
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| Loculi | openings in the walls of catacombs to receive the dead
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| Lunette | a crescent-shaped space, sometimes over a doorway, that contains sculpture or painting
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| Narthex | the closest part of the atrium to the basilica, it serves as vestibule, or lobby, of a church
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| Nave | the main aisle of a church
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| Orant figure | a figure with its hands raised in prayer
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| Spolia | in art history, the reuse of architectural or sculptural pieces in buildings generally different from their original contexts
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| Synagogue | a Jewish house of worship
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| Torah | first five books of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to Moses
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| Transept | an aisle in a church perpendicular to the nave, where the clergy originally stood
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