Byzantium

Question 1

Early Byzantium

Answer 1

324-726 CE

Question 2

Middle Byzantium

Answer 2

843-1204 CE

Question 3

Late Byzantium

Answer 3

1261-1453 CE

Question 4

iconoclasm

Answer 4

the destruction of images used in religious worship

Question 5

silentiary

Answer 5

usher responsible for maintaining silence

Question 6

solidi

Answer 6

goin coins

Question 7

iconophile

Answer 7

image-loving

Question 8

cruciform

Answer 8

cross-shaped

Question 9

harbaville triptych

Answer 9

portable shrine with two hinged wings used for private devotion

Question 10

templon

Answer 10

column or screen separating the sanctuary from the main body of a Byzantine church

Question 11

pendentives

Answer 11

curved triangular segments of a shallow dome supporting a steeper dome

Question 12

squinches

Answer 12

blocks laid across the corners and supported by brackets that make an octagonal surface

Question 13

vellum

Answer 13

better quality parchment made from calf skin

Question 14

codex/codices

Answer 14

essentially a notebook or book

Question 15

icons

Answer 15

important during most of the Byzantine Period

Question 16

encaustic

Answer 16

a wax based paint that both the ancient greeks and romans has used

Question 17

iconoclasts

Answer 17

image breakers

Question 18

first phase of iconoclasm

Answer 18

720-787

Question 19

second phase of iconoclasm

Answer 19

815-843