EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS
Excerpts from Clement of Rome (Bishop of Rome, 90-100), First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians:
This letter marks a dramatic moment in the history of Christianity.
EARLY CHRISTIAN & BYzantine ARCHITECTURE
INTRODUCTION
Read an introduction to the topic of Early Christian & Byzantine Architecture in the context of this resource.
Early Christian
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century ...
1 Early Christian Architecture
Churches built on a basilican plan and having a sloping roof rather than vaulting (which was not readopted until about the year 1000) form part of the Early Christian architectural tradition.
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The church providing the best idea of an Early Christian cathedral is the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
Early Christian churches used Classical Roman basilicas, which usually had apses, as models for design
Traditionally, the apse (where the altar is located) is at the east end of a church ...
Early Christian art during the period of Roman persecution was highly circumspect, and innocuous objects-the fish and the dove-were used to symbolize Christ and the Holy Spirit. Later Christian art, however, became replete with iconographic symbols.
The atrium of the Early Christian church was originally a place for the catechumens to wait during the celebration of the Eucharist. Aumbry: Recess to hold sacred vessels; typically in a chapel.
In front of the early Christian basilicas was a long arcaded porch called "narthex" (q.v.) In later times porches assume two forms - one the projecting erection covering the entrance at the west front of cathedrals, ...
The first form was taken from the early Christian and Roman basilica forms, which created a long central barrel vaulted nave pointing East to West.
Probably originating around 500BC most are of late Roman/Early Christian date, perhaps Pictish. Archaeoligical investigation has revealed that they were probably the residence of the principal family of the community, and served as a meeting place.
baptismal font: A receptacle for water, used for baptismal Early Christian baptism took place by total immersion, so the baptismal font was large and generally built into the floor of a separate building called a baptistery.
Early Christian baptism took place by total immersion, so the baptismal font was large and generally built into the floor of a separate building.
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Early ChristianThe style of the first Christian churches of the 4th and 5th centuries. As revived in 20th-century churches, it favours simplified arcades and round-arched openings, plain surfaces and tiled roofs.Early English ...
Narthex: Beginning with Early Christian architecture, this was the gallery, vestibule, or porch located in the main (west) entrance of the church (fig.1).
Pastophory - A room in a Early Christian or Byzantine church serving as a Diaconicon or Prothesis; as a rule flanking the apse of the church.
An enclosed porch or vestibule at the entrance to some early Christian churches. Sometimes it was within the church itself but divided off from the nave by a screen or rail.
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a porch or vestibule in early Christian churches.
Naturalism, naturalistic
a style of art seeking to represent objects as they actually appear in nature.
It will be seen that the main dispositions of the Gothic plan are derived from Carolingian developments of Byzantine modifications of the early Christian basilica, itself but an adaptation of that of pagan Rome; from the Lombards, however, ...
Narthex: a vestibule leading to the nave. Also the portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church.
Nave: the areas into which the interior of a building is separated by the columns.
Necropolis : an ancient cemetery.
atrium: (1) the inner court of a Roman house, open to the sky; (2) an open court in front of an Early Christian church.
axial layout: planned longitudinally (as opposed to centrally) along an axis.
Matrončo. (it.), internal loggia or gallery, usually above the side naves of early Christian or Romanesque churches, reserved for women.
Medallion. Small bas-relief, often made of metal.
A bank. Used to describe the enclosure bank of an early Christian church or monastery.
Vault -
An arched, stone roof.
Basilica - The public hall that formed a gathering point in every Roman city, usually with a rectangular plan ending in as apse and divided by a double file of columns. It was the inspiration for the early Christian churches.
Basilica - In Roman and early Christian architecture, a rectangular building supported internally with double colonnades and with a semicircular apse at one end.
said by the living, and by indulgences granted by the Pope, often in return for contributions to church building funds or upon the completion of a pilgrimage. The basic principles behind the doctrine of Purgatory go back at least to early Christian ...
When early Christians converted a house to a church, that water source became the place where baptisms could take place if it wasn't possible to baptize outdoors.
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