ARH 314 Romanesque

Carolingian

Dynasty in western Europe under Charlemagne and his successors. 7th century

Monastery

Self-sustaining complex for monks practicing a religious life.

Rule of St. Benedict

Popular series of rules that monks/nuns must follow. Vow of poverty, chastity, and servitude to God.

Divine Office

Daily prayer in Monasteries where the rule is read

Cloister

Courtyard in monastery

Charlemagne

King of Franks who established the Carolingian dynasty, was crowned emperor by the Catholic Pope in 800. Nomadic until the later part of rule.

Facade

FACE

Pilgrimage Church

A church with a relic that is the object of pilgrimage. Typically has ambulatory, radiating chapels, and lacks clerestories.

Ambulatory

hallway around apse for circulation

Radiating Chapels

chapels radiating from the ambulatory to hold more relics

Chevet

Eastern end of church, the apse, ambulatory, radiating chapels

Tympanum

Decorative wall surface above door bounded by lintel and arch. Often depicts biblical story.

Nave arcade

arcade that lines nave

Tribune gallery

arcaded gallery on second floor above the side aisles

Triforium

An arcade inside the wall above the side aisles

Cluny

Powerful Monastery

Cistercian

Style of Monasteries that call for simple decoration, strong acoustics, and strong materials.

St. Bernard

Critic of Cluny, believed lavish church’s should be for the literate public and not for the literate monks.