Romanaesque Churches

Question 1

Name the three churches

Answer 1

St foy
Basilica of mary magdelene
St lazare

Question 2

Where are the tympanums situated

Answer 2

Over the main doorway

Question 3

What does the nave contain

Answer 3

Barrel vaulting

Question 4

What high is the church at st foy

Answer 4

68 feet high

Question 5

How many capitals does st foy have

Answer 5

250

Question 6

What is the measure of the tympanum at st foy

Answer 6

5. 7 m wide

3. 6 m high

Question 7

Who was the bmm established by

Answer 7

Benedictine monks

Question 8

What is the largest chruch in french

Answer 8

Bmm

Question 9

Where is the bmm situated

Answer 9

Vezelay nothern france, stand on a hill and is the first church pilgrams stop in on their route to santiago de complestela

Question 10

What is bmm decorated with

Answer 10

Dark and light stone on arches in the nave

Question 11

Bmm doors

Answer 11

3 red doors

Question 12

What shape was the bmm

Answer 12

Long rectangular basilica shape

Question 13

Why did the bmm have a large narthex

Answer 13

Due to large number of pilgrams

Question 14

Where is the tower on the bmm

Answer 14

On the right of the church

Question 15

Why were butresses later added to the bmm

Answer 15

To prevent outwards trust

Question 16

What does the lintel on the vezelay portal repersent

Answer 16

Non christian people (pig snouts elephant earred men other deformities)

Question 17

What did the mission of the apostles try to show

Answer 17

That non christian were in need of salvation

Question 18

What does the mystic mill symbolise

Answer 18

Unity between the new and Old Testament

Question 19

What is happening in the mystic mill

Answer 19

St peter pours grain into the mill where st paul collects it

Question 20

What are figures carved in

Answer 20

Hugh relief

Question 21

What was st lazare

Answer 21

Large cathedral built to the house of relics and used to accomodate pilgrams and their route to sdc

Question 22

Location of st lazare

Answer 22

High point overlooking valley in autun

Located near vezelay

Question 23

What floor plan does st lazare have

Answer 23

Latin cross ground plan

Question 24

What does st lazare not have

Answer 24

An ambulatory

Question 25

What was later added to st lazare

Answer 25

Gothic additions