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Axial plan (Basilican plan, Longitudinal plan)
a church with a long nave whose focus is the apse, so-called because it is designed along an axis
Cathedral
the principal church of a diocese, where a bishop sits
Central plan
a church having a circular plan with the altar in the middle
Chalice
a cup containing wine, used during a Christian service
Codex (plural: codices)
a manuscript book
Continuous narrative
a work of art that contains several scenes of the same story painted or sculpted in continuous succession
Cornice
a projecting ledge over a wall
Encaustic
a type of painting in which colors are added to hot wax to affix to a surface
Eucharist
the bread sanctified by the priest at the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper
Genesis
first book of the Bible that detail Creation, the Flood, Rebecca at the Well, and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, among other episodes
Icon
a devotional panel depicting a sacred image
Iconoclastic Controversy
the destruction of religious images in the Byzantine Empire during the eighth and ninth centuries
Iconostasis
a screen decorated with icons, which separates the apse from the transept of a church
Illuminated manuscript
a manuscript that is hand decorated with painted initials, marginal illustrations, and larger images that add a pictorial element to the written text
Martyrium (plural: martyria)
a shrine built over a place of martyrdom or a grave of a martyred Christian saint
Mosaic
a decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass, called tesserae, that are cemented to a wall or a floor
Paten
a plate, dish, or bowl used to hold the Eucharist at a Christian ceremony
Pendentive
a construction shaped like a triangle that transitions the space between flat walls and the base of a round dome
Squinch
the polygonal base of a dome that makes a transition from the round dome to a flat wall
Theotokos
The Virgin Mary in her role as the Mother of God
XP
the Christian monogram made up of the Greek letters khi and rho, the first two letters of Khristos, the Greek form of Christ's name
