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Midterm Flashcards

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Formal elements

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Shape
Form 
Tone 
Texture 
Pattern color
Composition
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Line

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A point moving in space

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Composition

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Placement of visual arrangements

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Perspective

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Creating an illusion of a 3D on a 2 dimensional surface

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Content

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A works subject matter

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Form

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An artists way of using elements of art

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Pigment

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A material that Changes the colo of reflected or transmitted light

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Style

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The way the artwork looks

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Paleolithic

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The early phase of the Stone Age

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Mesolithic

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Relating to the middle part of the Stone Age ,

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Neolithic

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Relating to the later part of the Stone Age

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Sculpture in the round

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A type of sculpture in which the figures are presented in complete 3D form

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Sculpture in relief

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The sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material

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Megalith

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A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument

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Menhir

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A tall upright stone of a kind erected in prehistoric times

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Dolmen

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A megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones

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Cromlech

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A megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones

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Post and lintel construction

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A building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them

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Iamassu

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Assyrian protective deity , has. Human head n the body of lion or bull

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Fertile ribbon

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The arable land lying along the Nile river in Egypt

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Maat

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Goddess of truth justice n cosmic order , daughter of sun god Ra

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Mastaba

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Rectangular structure of ancient Egypt tombs that’s built is mud or stone

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Step pyramid

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Uses flat platforms receding from the ground up to achieve a completed shape

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Canons if proportion

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Unit of measurement to establish the proportions of the human figure

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Mesopotamia

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An ancient region located in eastern Mediterranean

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Registers

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Horizontal level in a work that consists of several levels arranged one above the other

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Cuneiform

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System of writing developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia

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Hierarchal proportion

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Artists uses unnatural proportion to depict the relative importance

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Stele a

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A stone or wooden slab , erected in the ancient as a monument

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Ziggurat

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Rectangular temple or terraced mound built by ancient Assyrians and Babylonians

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Cylinder seal

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A cylinder engraved in intaglio n used in Mesopotamia to roll an impression on wet clay

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Terra cotta

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A hard fired clay used for architectural ornaments and facings

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Fresco

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Painting on a moist , plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a lime water mixture

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Faience

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An elegant kind of pottery

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Post and lintel

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A building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements

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Citadel

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Core fortified area of a town or city

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Corbel

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A structural piece of stone , wood or metal jutting

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Geometric period

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A phase of Greek art , noticed by geometric motifs in vase painting

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Meander patterns

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A decorative border created from a continuous line

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Orientalizing style

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It suggests th adoption of those themes in Greek art

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Archaic period

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The earliest phases of a culture

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Lekythos

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Used fir storing oil by the ancient Greeks

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Early classical period

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The dominant idiom of Greek sculpture

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Classical period

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The art of the Greek and the romans

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Contraposta

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Means counterpoise

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Naos

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The inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture

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Doric ionic and Corinthian orders

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They originated in wood

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Acropolis

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A citadel of an ancient Greek city

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Peristyle

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A courtyard with a covered walkway all the way around it

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Metope

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A rectangular,ar architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs

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Frieze

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A decorative band , there might be a frieze if sculpted angels

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Pediment

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Architectural element found particularly in classical , neoclassical

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Caryatids

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Takes the form of a standing female figure in Ancient Greek

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Waddle and daub

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A composite building material used for making walks

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Pronaos

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Vestibule flanked by three walls and one row of columns between the front

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Cinerary urn

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Refers to an urn used to hold ashes

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Equestrian monument

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A stature of a rider mounted on a. Horse

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Spolia

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Repurposed building stone for new construction or decorative sculpture reused in new monuments

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Triumphal arch

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A monumental structure in the shape of an archway

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Domus

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Tho of houses for upper classsand some wealthy freedman

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Atrium

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A large open air or skylight covered space surrounded by a building

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Compluvium

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A square opening in the rigid of the ancient Roman atrium

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Barrel vault

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Architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve

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Forum

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Rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of some important ancient gov buildings

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Basilica plan

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An oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in Ancient Rome especially for a court

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Public baths caldarium tepidarium frigodarium

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Frigidarium is cold pool
Tepidarium - which were used to open pores I’d the ski.
The cold water would close the pores

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Amphitheater

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Two sided theatre or theatre with seats on all sides

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Arcades

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Succession of arches , each counter thrusting the next

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Engaged columns

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A column embedded in a wall and partly projected from the surface of the wall

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Aqueducts

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Bridge like system built to move water from one location to another

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Cella

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Inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture

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Portico

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A porch leading to the entrance of a building

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Oculus

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A circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall

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Rotunda

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Any building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome

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Coffered ceiling

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A pattern of indentations or recesses in the overhead surface of an interior

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Catacombs

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An underground cemetery

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Sarcophagus

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A stone container that usually houses a coffin and an Egyptian mummy

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Traditio legis

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Giving of the law

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Latin cross plan

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A floor plan found in many cathedrals and churches

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Greek cross plan

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Church plan in the firm of a greek cross

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Central plan

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Any structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas

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Ambulatory

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A semicircular or polygonal aisle

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Tesserae

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An individual tile, used in creating a mosaic

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Pendentives

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A constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room

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Hajj

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The pilgrimGe fi Mecca

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Quran

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The recitation

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Qibla

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The direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salat

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Martyrium plan

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A church of a specified architectural form , centered on a central element

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Mosque

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Large rectangular stone mosque with a hypostyke hall and a large inner sahn

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Ablutions foundation

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It means washing

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Minaret

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A lofty often slender tower or turret attaches to a mosque

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Qubba

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Arabic for tomb structures

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Voussoirs

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A wedge shaped element which is used in building an arch or vault

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Maqsura

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Enclosure in a mosque, situated near the mihrab and minbar

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Cloisonné

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A style of enamel decoration , the enamel is applied and fired in raised cells

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Carpet page

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Characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts

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Codex

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A manuscript book especially of scripture classics or ancient annals

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Scriptorium

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Place for writing

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Illuminated manuscript

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The text is supplemented with such decoration as initials borders and miniature illustrations

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Reliquary

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Physical remains of a saint or the Etsy always effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes

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Tympanum

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Semi circle or triangle decjratove was

lol surface over an entrance doors windiw

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Radiating chapels

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Projecting chapels arranged radially around the ambulatory of a semicircle

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Mandorla

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Almond shaped aureole of light surrounding 5hs entire figure of a holy person

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