Oldest extant Roman basilica in Rome

Large separate building, adjoining the atrium. Used 3 times in a year, Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost.

What replaced the Baptistery?

Side-entrance basilica changed to end-entrance basilica in this period.

Masonry vaults are replaced with simple wood truss roofs; addition of narthex, campanile, etc.

Purposeful contrast between ext. and int. of sacred buildings; outside, often rough with birck or other small masonry units and no decoration; inside, frescoes and mosaics.

A semi-circular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome

The space around the altar including the choir and the presbytery at the liturgical east end.

The space in between the far end of the basilican church and the intersection of the transept and chancel.

Transverse part of any basilica, which lies across the main body of the church in parallel to the pews

A place for the non-baptized

Open-roofed entrance courtyard in an Early Christian basilica.

A raised platform also called presbytery

Glass mosaic used in the Early Christian basilican churches

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Bell tower that is attached to the Basilica

Bell tower that is detached to the Basilica

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The bishop's throne occupying a recess or apse in an early Christian Church.

An inner narthex when two are present.

A covered walk or outer narthex situated before an inner narthex

The covered walk of an atrium or cloister.

A basin for a ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian Basilica

A low screen in an early Christian basilica, separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.

A sacristy in an early Christian or Eastern Church.

A room in a church where the sacred vessels and vestments are kept.

A room in a church where the sacred vessels and vestments are kept is AKA

A large spatial extension of the interior volume of a church

A screen or partition on which icons are placed.

Constantinople became capital to first official Christian empire

Discarded the basilican plan and introduced domical centralized architecture

Classical columnar style with domical roofing

Introduced Impost capital and Dosseret Block

Shifts a square block to circular column

Made to be a platform for wider voussoirs for the arch during the Byzantine period

Perfection of Byzantine style and most important church in Constantinople

An example of Byzantine architecture blending the features from many foreign lands; located in Venice, Italy

The cathedral has nine domes (each one corresponding to a different church) and is shaped like the flame of a bonfire rising into the sky. Built by Ivan the Terrible in commemoration of the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600

Who were the designers and architects of the Sancta Sophia?

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