6-Romanesque

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ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

GLOSSARY

RIB AND PANEL VAULTING Roof structural system where stone masonry ribs support the curved stone vaults

AMBULATORY Curving corridor behind the apse of a church

CHEVET Apse, ambulatory and radiating chapels of a church

CRUCIFORM PLAN Cross-shaped plan of a church; as opposed to the basilican, or rectangular, plan

TRANSEPTS Side “wings” or transverse portions of the church crossing the nave at right angles forming the cruciform plan

PARTS OF A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE:

MOTTE Elevated ground on which a lord’s manor house was built

KEEP or DONJON Main structure of a lord’s manor

BAILEY Open service courtyard of the castle

PALISADE High wall around the manor; usually surrounded by an outer ditch

PARTS OF A CASTLE:

RAMPART Walkway on top of the walls

MACHICOLATIONS Overhangs above ramparts with floor-holes to drop missiles, boiling oil, and other weapons

DRAWBRIDGE The bridge-gate of the main castle entryway

PORTCULLIS Iron grid gate behind the drawbridge