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| large rectangular building. |
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| central aisle of a basilica, 2 or 3 stories highand flanked by aisles, and defined by the nave arcade or nave colonade |
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| passage or open corridor of a church, hall, or other building that parallels the main space, usually on both sides, and is delineated by a row of columns or piers |
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| the topmost zone of a wall with windows in a basilica extending above the aisle roofs |
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| large semicircle or polygonal niche protruding from the end wall of a building. in christian church it contains the alter |
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| the concave triangular section ofa vault that forms the transition between a square or polygonal space and the circular base of a dome |
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| a handwritten book or document |
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| a writing surface made from treated skins of animals. |
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| a large sheet of paper, which, when folded and cut, becomes 4 seperate pages in a book |
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| an image in any material represnting a sacred figure or event in the Byzantine, and later the Orthodox church. |
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