Architectural Terms

Question 1

Tympanum

Answer 1

that semicircle pediment thing

Question 2

Nave

Answer 2

the main interior body of the church

Question 3

Ambulatory

Answer 3

a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse

Question 4

Barrel vault

Answer 4

a vault forming a half cylinder

Question 5

Groin vault

Answer 5

vault produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults

Question 6

apse

Answer 6

a large semicirclar/polygonal recess

Question 7

transept

Answer 7

area of a cruciform church lying at right angles to the principal axis (the intersection of the cross)

Question 8

Cruciform

Answer 8

cross shaped

Question 9

Rib vault

Answer 9

skeleton of arches

Question 10

buttress

Answer 10

support stone against a wall

Question 11

spires

Answer 11

conical pyramidal on the top of a building

Question 12

tripartite

Answer 12

made up of 3 branches

Question 13

Jamb

Answer 13

straight side of a door

Question 14

Archivolt

Answer 14

ornamental moulding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch (multiple curves above a door)

Question 15

Springer

Answer 15

Corner of the top arch of door

Question 16

Gallery

Answer 16

Covered passage open at one side

Question 17

Pinnacle

Answer 17

crown tower thing

Question 18

Transverse arch

Answer 18

The semicircles that hold up the ceiling

Question 19

narthex

Answer 19

enclosed porch/anti chamber usually separated by railings