Keywords Quiz 11

1. Alternate Support System

piers alternate with paired columns as wall supports

2. Zoomorphic

the use of energetic stylized motifs in real or fantastic designs, based on the shapes of animals and birds

3. Barbarians

Huns, Vandals, Franks , Goths and others who threatened the stability of Europe

4. Book of Hours

contained prayers to be read at certain times of the day

5. Carolingian Revival

a series of cultural reforms instituted by Charlemagne to restore classical traditions and to impart this culture to barbarians

6. Carpet Pages

medieval manuscripts with elaborate pages which resembled textiles

7. Charlemagne

800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire, which extended from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy. His palace was at Aachen in central Europe

8. Choir

a square or rectangular area in a church between the apse and the nave

9. Cloister

a colonnaded walkway in a monastery

10. Cloisonné

a decorative metalwork technique which involves filling metal shapes with colorful enamel

11. Codex

predecessor to the modern book, it features pages of vellum or parchment bound together at one side

12. Crypt

a vaulted space beneath the choir where bodies were buried

13. Golden Age of Ireland

600-800AD the Irish assumed the spiritual and cultural leadership of Europe because of the monasteries which became centers of learning

14. Hiberno-Saxon

an art style that flourished in the monasteries of the British Isles in the early Middle Ages

15. Illumination

The application of gold paint or pigment to text or book illustrations

16. Lectionary

book holding the Gospels

17. Monastery

a group of buildings where monks live together, set apart from the secular community or town

18. Reliquary

an elaborate box for sacred relics

19. Repoussé

hammered or pressed relief in metal

20. Scriptoria

a place where monks copied manuscripts

21. Stylized

conforming to a conventional mode rather than studying nature.

22. Transept

the cross arms of a basilica placed at right angles to the nave, separating it from the nave

23. Westwork

a monumental stone entrance at the western end of the church. It was treated like a tower and contained an entrance and a vestibule