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Altarpiece
a panel, sculpted or painted, situated above and behind an altar
Ambulatory
the passageway around apse and choir of a church
Byzantium
the Christian, Eastern, Roman Empire, which lasted until 1453, when Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks. Constantine established it in AD 324, and called it the New Rome and it remained a united empire until Rome fell in AD 476.
Chi-Rho-Iota
a monogram of Christ
Choir
The space reserved for the clergy and the singers in a church usually east of the transept but sometimes extending into the nave
Cupola
a drum with a shallow cap
Drum
a circular wall that supports a dome.
Greek Cross
one in which the arms are equal
Hieratic
a fixed stylized method of representation, often determined by religious principles or ideas
Iconoclasm
the destruction of religious images
Iconophile
persons who favored the production of religious images as an aid to devotion
Icons
religious images regarded as objects of veneration
Justinian
the founder of the New Rome which marks the beginning of the Byzantine Empire and the end of Late Roman Empire. He codified the Roman law.
Latin Cross
has a long vertical piece and shorter arms
Mandorla
an almond shaped halo appearing around the head of a holy figure
Mysticism
the experience of union or direct communication with ultimate reality known as God or Spiritual Truth
Pantocrater
the image of God as the Creator of the Universe
Pendentives
a set of curved triangles, which achieve the transition from a rectangular polygonal opening to the round base of a dome or a supporting drum.
Pillar
a generic term for a vertical support (column, pier or pilaster)
Psalter
a book containing the Psalms
Rotunda
circular area under a dome
Squinches
a system shaped like an octagon that supports a dome using arches, corbels or lintels to bridge the corners of the supporting wall and form the octagon inscribed in the square
Theocracy
a state ruled by divine guidance
Triptych
a three-paneled painting, ivory plaque, or altarpiece.
