HOA1 - EARLY CHRISTIAN

ROMAN BASILICA

- part of roman forum

- where the early christian church were based

EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA

- placed for christian worship

- erected over the burial place of a saint

CLERESTORY WINDOWS

- windows on high walls admit light to the nave

ATRIUM

- part of the basilican church

- an open forecourt surrounded by arcades

NARTHEX

- part of the basilican church

- porch in the church

- used by penitents

NAVE

- part of the basilican church

- seating are for worshippers

AISLES

- part of the basilican church

- located on both sides of nave

CANCELLI

- part of the basilican church

- low screen wall enclosing choir

PULPIT

- part of the basilican church

- where the preist reads the gospel and deliver the homily

BEMA

- part of the basilican church

- raised platform on the altar

ALTAR

- part of the basilican church

- where the priest officiates the mass

BALDACHINO

- part of the basilican church

- erected on columns over the altar

BAPTISTERIES

- separate buildings from the church

- used for the sacrament of baptism

BAPTISTERY OF CONSTATINE

- built by pope sixtus iii

- among the oldest of italian baptisteries

- baptisimal font is an old roman bath fed by natural sprin

MONUMENTAL TOMB

- christian objectivity to cremation

- expression of the faith in immortality and memorial to the dead

CATACOMBS

- network of subterranean chambers for burial purposes

- derived from the latin ad catacumbas meaning at the hallows

OLD BASILICAN CHURCH OF ST. PETER

- begun by constatine over the site of circus of nero

- finished 30 years later

- torn down in the early 16 cent and replaced by the new st. peter basilica

SANTO STEFANO FOTONDO

- oldest example of centrally planned church in rome

- largest circular church in existence with a diameter of 64m

STA. SABINA

- one of the best examples of an early christian church in rome

- mother church of the order of preachers