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Cire-perdue
Lost wax process of metal casting
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Cloisonne
Enameling technique used for jewelry making
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Chi-Rho Monogram
The initials in Greek of the first three letters of Christ's name, Chi-Rho-Iota
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Codex
The predecessor of the modern book. A codex is made up of pages of vellum or parchment, bound together at one side with a cover
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Evangelists
- Symbols for the authors at the four New Testament books which are narratives of the life of Christ.
- Matthew = angel (man)
- Mark = Lion
- Luke = Ox
- John = Eagle
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Gilded
A coat of gold that is applied to surfaces like paintings, sculptures, and architecture
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Illuminated Manuscript
An elaborately illustrated manuscript
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Parchment
Paper like material made from bleached lambskin and used in illuminated manuscripts
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Psalter
Illustrated book of Psalms (book in the Old Testament of the new Bible)
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Reliquary
- A container for the keeping of Relics
- (in Christianity, Relics are the body parts, clothing, or objects associated with a saint or Christ)
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Renovation imperii Romani
Latin for "Renewal of the Roman Empire," as seen in the Carolingian Renaissance under Charlemagne
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Scriptorium
- Monastic centers of manuscript illumination
- it's an actual room!
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