At Sainte-Foy, a passage curves behind the altar, with chapels opening from it. What did this route allow pilgrims to do?

At the curved east end of Sainte-Foy, small chapels project from the passage around the apse. What are these chapels called?

The jeweled reliquary of Sainte-Foy drew medieval travelers to Conques. Besides devotion, what was one result for the town and church?

Small chapels open directly off the ambulatory at the church's east end, each holding its own altar and relic. What was the main purpose of adding these radiating chapels?

A church plan has a long nave intersected by transepts, creating the shape of a cross. Which plan type best describes this Romanesque pilgrimage church?

In a pilgrimage church, what is the name of the passage that continues around the apse behind the main altar?

Sainte-Foy's stone roof is a continuous half-cylinder running the nave's length. What does its outward thrust require of the walls below?

Look at the stone ceiling over the nave of Sainte-Foy. Which vault type is being used?

Look up at the ceiling of Durham Cathedral's nave in the picture. Durham is famous as an early large-scale example of which vault type?

In Durham's nave, a massive support has attached shafts that continue the lines of the vault ribs downward. What is this support called?

Look at the arches of the main arcade in Durham Cathedral's nave. Which arch shape, inherited from Roman building, do they use?

Compared with a heavy Romanesque barrel vault, a Gothic system transferred thrust to exterior supports. Which feature made larger wall openings more possible?

In the labeled portal, A marks the semicircular sculpted field above the lintel. What is A called?

In the labeled portal, B marks the molded arch bands that frame the central sculpted field. What is B called?

In the labeled portal, C marks the central upright support that divides the doorway in two. What is C called?

In the labeled portal, D marks the upright side of the doorway where a door is attached. What is D called?

A Romanesque archivolt is built from individual wedge-shaped blocks of stone. What is one of those blocks called?

On Autun's Last Judgment tympanum, Christ is much larger than the souls being judged. What does this difference in scale communicate?

The Last Judgment over Sainte-Foy's entrance shows the saved and the damned. What was its main purpose for people entering the church?

At Autun, damned figures bend, stretch, and crowd into tense angular forms. What visual effect does this distortion most strongly create?

The Autun tympanum bears the inscription “Gislebertus hoc fecit.” What is the most accurate conclusion about this wording?

Why was a large Last Judgment sculpture especially effective above a west portal such as Sainte-Foy's?

On the Sainte-Foy tympanum, Christ raises one hand and lowers the other. What does this gesture show?

The statue-reliquary of Sainte-Foy is covered with gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core. What was its essential religious function?

The head of the Sainte-Foy reliquary is thought to reuse a Roman sculpture. What term names this reuse of older material in a new work?

Despite its common name, the Bayeux Tapestry is not a true tapestry. Which technique made its images?

The Bayeux Tapestry unfolds through many scenes with Latin inscriptions, ending in the Norman victory at Hastings. How does this format chiefly function?

Why do the Latin captions in the Bayeux Tapestry matter to its narrative?

The Bayeux Tapestry is traditionally believed to have been made for a Norman cathedral's dedication in 1077. Who is traditionally credited with commissioning it?

Both Sainte-Foy and Durham use massive supports and stone vaulting. Which shared visual quality most strongly identifies their Romanesque character?