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Vocabulary for Part 3
Jewish & Early Christian
- apse
- baldachin
- basilica/cemetery basilica (for plan elements see ThinkLink here)
- catacombs
- cathedral
- clerestory
- domus ecclesiae
- Latin cross
- martyrium
- mausoleum
- spolia
- synagogue
- Torah niche
The Christian East & Byzantine Empire
- ambulatory
- baptistery
- basket capitals
- Latin Cross, Greek Cross
- lunette
- mechanopoioi
- pendentive
- quadrant vault
Islam
- ablutions fountain
- aniconic
- calligraphy
- (hypostyle) mosque
- the Kaaba
- kiswa
- maqsura
- mihrab
- minaret
- minbar
- mocárabe
- poly-lobed
- qibla
Medieval Europe
- ambulatory
- banded barrel vault
- Carolingian
- catenary
- chapter house
- chevet
- choir
- clerestory
- fan/net vaults
- flamboyant
- flying buttress
- gallery
- Gothic
- hall
- hammerbeam roof
- lancet/pointed arch
- long house
- master mason
- narthex
- pilgrimage church
- quad/quadrangle
- radiating chapel
- reliquary
- ribbed groin vault
- Romanesque
- rose window
- stained glass
- stave
- stave church
- triforium
- tympanum