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Alternate Support System
piers alternate with paired columns as wall supports
Animal Style
the use of energetic animal motifs in real of fantastic designs, often the natural forms were stylized
Barbarians
Huns, Vandals, Franks, Goths and others who threatened the stability of Europe
Book of Hours
contained prayers to be read at certain times of the day
Carolingian Revival
a series of cultural reforms instituted by Charlemagne to restore classical traditions and to impart this culture to barbarians
Carpet Pages
medieval manuscripts with pages which resembled textiles
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
Choir
a square or rectangular area in a church between the apse and the nave
Cloisonné
a process of enameling by putting the ground glass into little cells made of wires and fused in a kiln
Cloister
a colonnaded walkway in a monastery
Crypt
a vaulted space beneath the choir where bodies were buried
Equestrian Portrait
sculpture with an important figure on horseback
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
Hiberno-Saxon
an art style that flourished in the monasteries of the British Isles in the early Middle Ages
Lectionary
book holding the Gospels
Module
a standard unit
Reliquary
a shrine for sacred relics
Repoussé
hammered or pressed relief
Scriptoria
a place where monks copied manuscripts
Stylized
conforming to a conventional mode rather than studying nature
Transept
the cross arms of a basilica placed at right angles to the nave, separating it from the nave
Turret
a small tower
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
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