Vocabulary

Question 1

Apse

Answer 1

Semicircular recess at one end of a church

Question 2

Ambulatory

Answer 2

Passage around the apse of a church

Question 3

Catacomb

Answer 3

Underground corridor used for burial

Question 4

Codex

Answer 4

Pages of vellum or parchment bound together; predecessor of a modern book

Question 5

Cathedra

Answer 5

Latin for bishop’s chair

Question 6

Constantinople

Answer 6

Formerly Byzantine

Question 7

Diptych

Answer 7

Two hinged, carved panels

Question 8

Iconoclasm

Answer 8

Destruction of religious images

Question 9

Icon

Answer 9

Holy image

Question 10

Folios

Answer 10

Separate leaves enclosed within a cover and bound together at one side in a codex.

Question 11

Loculi

Answer 11

Catacomb niches to receive the dead

Question 12

Narthex

Answer 12

Porch or vestibule of a church

Question 13

Justinian

Answer 13

Emperor who conquered Ravenna

Question 14

Pendentive

Answer 14

One of the four concave triangular pieces of masonry used to support a dome

Question 15

Ravenna

Answer 15

Last capital of West Roman Empire

Question 16

Refectory

Answer 16

Dining hall

Question 17

Squinch

Answer 17

Architectural elements used as a transition from a square to a polygonal for a some or circular base

Question 18

Theocrat

Answer 18

Ruler combine with temporal and spiritual authority

Question 19

Transept

Answer 19

Portion of a cruciform church with an axis that crosses the main axis at right angles

Question 20

Vellum

Answer 20

Skin of unborn calf used for writing materials

Question 21

Arabesque

Answer 21

An intricate ornament that interlaces simulated foliage

Question 22

Minaret

Answer 22

A slender tower with balconies, especially on a mosque

Question 23

Quran

Answer 23

Writing of Islam