medieval europe

Question 1

portal

Answer 1

where you enter

Question 2

narthex

Answer 2

the entrance or lobby area

Question 3

nave

Answer 3

beginning middle section

Question 4

aisles

Answer 4

to the sides of the nave

Question 5

transept

Answer 5

in the “t” its the horizontal line

Question 6

apse

Answer 6

the round bit

Question 7

altar

Answer 7

the place in the “t” where the two lines cross

Question 8

ambulatory

Answer 8

outside part of apse to meander and look at artifacts

Question 9

chapels

Answer 9

A small chamber (or sometimes an entirely separate building) for worship

Question 10

tympanum

Answer 10

semicircular area enclosed by the arch above the lintel of an arched entranceway

Question 11

barrel vaults

Answer 11

the simplest form of a vault: effectively a series of arches placed side by side

Question 12

groin vaults

Answer 12

gothic pointy vaults

Question 13

ribs

Answer 13

an arch of masonry, often molded, which forms part of the framework on which a vault rests.

Question 14

round vs pointed arches

Answer 14

round is earlier

pointed = gothic

Question 15

rose window

Answer 15

large circular stained glass windows found in Gothic churches

Question 16

flying buttress

Answer 16

a structure built against another structure in order to strengthen or support it

Question 17

mandorla

Answer 17

a medieval Christian artistic convention by which an oval or almond-shaped area or series of lines surrounds a deity, most commonly Jesus

Question 18

charlemagne

Answer 18

a medieval emperor

Question 19

edward the confessor

Answer 19

king of England from 1042 to 1066

Question 20

william the conqeror

Answer 20

the first Norman King of England,

Question 21

harold

Answer 21

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Question 22

last judgement

Answer 22

the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity.

Question 23

pentecost

Answer 23

the Christian commemoration of the Holy Ghost’s descent upon Jesus’s twelve apostles.

Question 24

annunciation

Answer 24

mary prego

Question 25

visitation

Answer 25

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Question 26

feudalism: lords and vassals

Answer 26

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Question 27

monasteries

Answer 27

an enclosed and sometimes remote community of monks led by an abbot who shunned worldly goods to live a simple life of prayer and devotion.

Question 28

pilgrimage

Answer 28

journeys to holy places or shrines

Question 29

cult of relics

Answer 29

everyone getting or making up christian relics

Question 30

messaging on bayeux tapestry

Answer 30

a struggle for the throne of England between William, the Duke of Normandy, and Harold, the Earl of Wessex

Question 31

stylization back to naturalism

Answer 31

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