EARLY CHRISTIAN & BYZANTINE PERIOD - History 4

Iconography

It is devised to visualize Christian concepts (ex. Christ symbolized by a fish

Iconoclasm

What is the action of breaking of religious images?

Cross and Crucifix

What is the principal symbol of Christianity?

Ichthys/ichtus - Fish

What is a representation of a fish with the first letters of the Greek words for Jesus Christ, God's son, Saviour?

Alpha and Omega

What is the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, ("I am the first and the last")

Staurogram

What is a christian symbol known as a monogrammatic cross or tau-rho?

Chi Rho

What is a sacred monogram formed by the conjunction of the first two Greek letters?

IHS Monogram

What Monogram has the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus?

IX Monogram

What monogram is formed by the combination of the letter "I" or Iota for Iesous and "X" or Chi for Christos?

Dove

What is the symbol of the Holy Spirit, which appeared in the Early Christian period?

Mosaic

What is a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of stone, tile or glass?

Sarcophagus

What is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground or buried?

Cushion Capital

What type of capital, square on top and rounded at the bottom, served as a transition between angular arches and round columns in the Byzantine period?

Basket capital / Bird & Basket

What type of capital that shows squared blocks, sculptured with basketwork tracery in Byzantine period?

Minaret

What is a tall, slender tower with an undecorated exterior from the Byzantine period, later added by Muslim invaders?

Squinch

What structural element supports the base of a circular or octagonal dome that surmounts a square-plan chamber?

Centralized plan and Basilica plan

What are the two church plans present in the Byzantine period?

Hagia Sophia

What Byzantine architecture was built under Justinian I in Constantinople, formerly built as a basilica with a domed cross plan.