Carefully cut blocks at stone used in construction and usually fitted together without mortar
Crusades
Were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe, particularly by the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire
Diaphragm Arches
A wall bearing arch that divides or compartmentalizes a vault of ceiling
Engaged Column
A column-like, nonfunctional form projecting from a wall and articulating it visually
Facade
Front of a building
Jambs
The side of a doorway or window frame
Mandorla
An almond-shaped nimbus around the figure of Christ or images of saints indicating divinity
Pilgrimage
A long quest/journey or search of great moral significance
Pilgrimage Choir
The unit in a Romanesque Church composed of the apse, ambulatory, and radiating chapels
Portal
Doorway
Radiating Chapels
Chapels arranged around the ambulatory and sometimes the transept of a medieval church
Romanesque Arch
Rounded arch used in Romanesque architecture
Square Schematism
Crossing square formed by name and transept used as the standard unit of measurement for the rest of the church
Vulgate
A Latin version of the Bible prepared by St. Jerome in the 4th century, serving as the authorized version of the Roman Catholic Church