3 natural Laws
1. Verticality
2. Permanence
3. Iconography
Verticality
Height, tall
Permanence
Weight, mass, durability
Iconography
Images
Facade
Face - front elevation
Narthex
Lobby inside the door
Nave
Main body of the church
Where are confessions held?
At the rear of the Nave
Ship
Cross beams of ships is a way to cold the Nave together
Transepts
Bump out section of North and South - Form cross shape and place of private mass
Sanctuary (Chancel)
Where the priests are - Elevated part // Area around the Altar
Portals
Front doors of the church - More inside to let you in
Bapistry
Room where the front is - Must do this to enter
Baptismal Font
In the door before the sanctuary - 8 sides to them (resurrected on the "8th" day)
Holy Water Font/Stoup
Help your transcription - Prepares you
Altar
Stone table in the center - Place of sacrifice - Communion happens here
Ambo
Pulpit (5 sided) - Where the reader stands
Tabernacle
Where the leftover body is placed
Tabernacle Lamp
Remains lit when Jesus is in the Tabernacle (except on Good Friday)
What is the Tabernacle made to look like?
The Arch of the Covenant
Crucifix
Reminds you what Jesus sacrificed for us
Atrium
Space coming towards the church (Quad)
Tympanum
Above the central door and below the arch - The decorative parts?
Reredos
Wall behind the alter with icons
Baldacchino
Canopy over the alter
Iconostasis
Icon wall - separation bw nave and sanctuary
Chancel Screen/Rood Screen
Low wall and above it latus with windows - Like being in the upper room
Apse
Bumped out area at front
Alter Rail/Chancel Rail
Little fence line and pray / receive communion