EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE (VOCAB SET #4)

westwork

the narthex, chapels, and twin towers set at the west entrance of Carolingian churches

monastery

the enclosure for a religious order living apart from society; Principal religious orders: Benedictine, Cluniac, Carthusian, Cistercian

relic

a part of a deceased holy person’s body or belongings kept as an object of reverence thought to have power to heal the body and the soul

reliquary

a container that holds the relic itself

rib

a narrow, projecting band on a ceiling or vault, usually structural but sometimes merely decorative, enforcing the lines of structure

gallery

an upper story that runs above the side aisles and opens to the nave

bay

a regularly repeated spatial unit of a building or wall, defined by vaults, windows, orders, or other prominent vertical features

tribune

closed gallery area

cloister

a monastery courtyard, usually planted, enclosed by a covered ambulatory