Gothic Art Terms
Across
- 5. the side posts of a medieval portal
- 6. a passageway around the apse or altar of a church
- 7. a series of concentric moldings around an arch
- 8. a devotional panel depicting a sacred image
- 12. the stonework elements that supports the glass in a stained glass window
- 14. a circular window filled with stained glass and placed at the end of a transept or on the facade of a church
- 15. a manuscript book
- 16. a tall, narrow window with a pointed arch; usually filled with stained glass
- 18. a plate, dish, or bowl used to hold the Eucharist at a Christian ceremony
- 19. the closet part of the atrium to the basilica; serves as a vestibule, or lobby, of a church
- 21. a kind of Bible in which the Old and New Testament stories are paralleled with one another in illustrations, text, and commentary
- 22. an underground passageway used for burial
Down
- 1. a cup containing wine, used during a Christian service
- 2. a rounded sculpture placed over the portal of a medieval church
- 3. a vault in which diagonal arches form riblike patterns; partially support a roof; can form a weblike design
- 4. vertical section of a church that is embraced by a set of columns and is usually composed of arches and aligned windows
- 9. enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin bands of metal, usually gold or bronze
- 10. a figure with its hands raised in prayer
- 11. a clasp used to fasten garments
- 13. an aisle in a church perpendicular to the nave; where the clergy originally stood
- 17. the endpoint of a church where the altar is located
- 19. the main aisle of a church
- 20. a stone arch and its pier that support a roof from a pillar outside the building; also stabilize a building and protect it from wind sheer