Chapter 16 Key Vocabulary

fibula

a decorative pin favored by the Romans

cloisonné

a process of enameling using cloisons

viks

coves or 'trading places' of the Norwegian shoreline; Vikings are named after these

staves

wedge-shaped timbers placed vertically

canon tables

a concordance, or matching, or corresponding passages of the 4 Gospels

psalters

comtained 150 psalms of Kind David, written in Hebrew, translated into Greet and Latin

lectionaory

contains passages from the Gospels reordered to appear in sequence

breviaries

inclue texts required for daily recititaions of monks

sacramentaries

used by priests, and incorporate the prayers they recited during Mass

benedictionals

contain bishops' blessings

vulgate

vulgar, or common tongue

manu scriptus

Latin for manuscripts

Scriptoria

writing studios

zoomorphic

of or pertaining to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal

carpet pages

resemble textiles

colophon

an inscription, usually on the last page, providing info about the book's manufacture

lectern

cross-legged chair

opus reticulatum

method of facing concrete walls with lozenge-shaped bricks or stones to achieve a netlike ornamental surface pattern

string course

raised horizontal molding, or band

laity

nonclergy

module

standard unit

castlellum

Latin for castle or fortress

turris

tower

reliquary

a shsrine of sacred reliefs