Voussoir- each stone in an arch

Keystone- top middle voussoir placed last (completes arch)

Springing- (support) woodwork supporting arch
Basillica- multipurpose government building usually square or
rectangle w/ ends circular
Spoila- spoils of war (artwork taken and placed on new building)
Oculus- circular opening of the dome
Coffers- square engravings on the dome that enhance light

Apse- circular endings of a building

Clerestory- top floor that allows light to enter building
Transept- horizontal part of the building that forms the cross
Westwork- a monumental western front to
a church, treated as a tower or towers containing an entrance and
vestibule below and a chapel above.
Ambulatory- a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or a
cloister in a church or monastery.
Bay- the space between architectural elements
Crossing- the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church
Aisle-a passageway to either side of the nave that is separated from the nave by

colonnades or arcades a row of pillars or columns.

groin vault- (also sometimes known as a double barrel vault or cross vault) is
produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults

Atrium- courtyard
Narthex (vestibule)- entrance space before entering main building
Pendentive dome- concabe triangular transition from a circular dome to
the square church
Arcade- a series of arches supported by piers or colums
Triforium- blind storey or blind arcade where no passage exists. Arches
with a wall behind. Located above the nave and below the
clerestory
Gallery large passage in an upper story, which overlooks the NAVE
Ribbed vault- an arched form created by the intersections of multiple
barrel vaults
Barrel vault- a series of arches that form a tunnel
Tympanum - the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an
entrance, bounded by a lintel and arch. It often contains sculpture or other
imagery or ornaments.

Illumination- any type of image in a manuscript

Cluniac- group of monks who strictly followed the Benedictine rules
Founder of many sister monasteries
Abbot answered directly to the Pope
Financially successful through:
o Donations
o Wine growing
Cisterian- group of ex-Cluniacs that believed the Cluniacs were not
following the Benedictine rules truly by being involved in monetary
matters.

Relic- an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or

sentimental interest.
Reliquary- a storage place for holy relics
Martyr- someone who is killed based on their beliefs
Byzantine(Romanesque) vs Gothic architecture
Gothic
Pointed arches
Flying buttresses
Large windows
Vertical constructs
Romanesque
Fortress like (e.g. thick walls)
Smaller and less windows
Rounded arches
Mosaics replaces carvings