Early Christan And Jewish Flashcards
What is the ambulatory ?
The passage way around the apse
What is a pagan
Someone who practice a religon other than christanity , Judaism or Islam . (Abrahmic )
Apse is
The endpoint of the church were the altar is located
Atrium is
A courtyard in a christan church or roman house
Axial plan is
A church with a long nave
Basilica is
A axial planned church (long name ) with an altar
Catacomb is
We’re they buried the dead it was an underground passage way
Central plan is a plan that
Had a circular plan with the altar in the middle
Chalice is a special
Cup used in ceromonys
Clerestory defin
The third story of a church that allowed light in throw the rows of windows .
Coffee is
A sunken panel (also found in the Parthenon )
Cubicula is
A bedroom in Rome and a underground room in a catacomb during early christan art
Gospels are
Books that chronicle the life of Jesus
A loculi is
An opening in the walls of a catacomb to receive the dead (ussualy used for the poor )
A nave in a church is
The main aisle