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Scriptorium
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A room set apart for writing, esp. one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied.
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Martyr
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A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
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Feudalism
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The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
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Pilgrimage
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A pilgrim's journey to a sacred place.
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Romanesque
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Of or relating to a style of architecture that prevailed in Europe c.900–1200, although sometimes dated back to the end of the Roman Empire.
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Ambulatory
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The passage around the apse in a basilican church or around the central space in a central-plan building.
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Campanile
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A bell tower of a church, usually, but not always freestanding.
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Spolia
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The re-use of earlier building material or decorative sculpture on new monuments.
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Baldachin
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A canopy placed over an honorific or sacred space such as a throne or church altar.
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Hall church
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A church with a naive and aisled of the same height, giving the impression of a large, open hall.
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Stringcourse
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A raised horizontal molding, or band in masonary, ornamental but usually reflecting interior structure.
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Archivolts
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Curved molding formed by the voussiors making up an arch.
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Trumeau
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In church architecture, the pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of the doorway.
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Historiated capital
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A capital having carvings that depict an event or story.
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Glazing
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Firing porcelain at high temperature to achieve a smooth, shiny surface.
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