Across
- 1. the three wise men from the East who presented gifts to the infant Jesus
- 6. a panel, painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar
- 8. a process of enameling employing cloisons; also, decorative brickwork in later Byzantine architecture
- 9. separated pages of a vellum or parchment bound together at one side; the predecessor of the modern book
- 10. the four New Testament books that relate the life and teaching of Jesus
- 11. a Christianity, the partaking of the bread and wine, which believer hold to be wither Christ himself or symbolic of him
- 14. a recess, usually semicircular at the east end of a the church
- 15. the destruction of images, the destroyers of images were known as iconoclasts those who opposed to such a ban were known as iconophiles or iconodules
- 18. a two-paneled painting or altarpiece, a hinged writing tablet, often of ivory and carved on the external sides
- 19. ornamented with represent ions, such as plants, animals, or human figures, that have a narrative as distinct from a purely decorative function
- 20. a covered walkway, especially the passageway around the apse and the choir of a church
Down
- 2. In Byzantine churches, a screen or a partition, with doors and many tiers of icons, separating the sanctuary from the main body of church
- 3. a semicircular area in a wall or over a door, niche, or window; also painting or relief with a semicircular frame
- 4. a page of a manuscript or book
- 5. a person who willingly suffers death rather renounced his or her religion
- 7. a cell made of metal wire or a narrow metal strip soldered edge-up to a metal base to hold enamel or other decorative materials
- 12. underground cemetery
- 13. a portrait of image, a panel with a painting of sacred personages that are objects of veneration (awe or respect)
- 16. a space reserved for the clergy and singers in the church, usually east of the transept but in some architecture
- 17. an almond-shaped nimbus surrounding the figure or Christ other sacred figures