QUIZ #2_ARHIST113

These are set up purely for decorative purpose rather than pictorial explanation of the bible.

• hieroglyphics

• mosaics

• decorative wall

• painting

It is the sanctuary or also called as ________ where the bishop took the central place which had been that of the "preators" in the basilicas.

• choir

• altar

• apse

• narthex

Is the only basilican church of which there is evidence that it was originally a pagan basilica .And it was built by Pope Sixtus lll.

• Sta. Maria Maggiore

• St. Peter Basilica

• San Stefano Rotondo

It is a canopy supported by columns generally placed over the altar or tomn, also know as "Ciborium"

• bema

• baldachino

• ambo

• chancel

It is the central aisle of the basilican church.

• nave

• aisle

• narthex

It is the long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian basilican churches,originally appropriated for penitents.

• apse

• narthex

• nave

• ambulatory

It is the space for clergy and choir separated by a screen from the body of the church.

• chancel

• bema

• apse

• ambo

Christianity has its birth in Jerusalem, an Eastern province of the Roman empire.

• true

• false

Mosaic decoration was added internally and sometimes externally on the east façade.

• true

• false

Bema is a raised stage reserved for the clergy in the Early Christian churches .

• true

• false