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Reliquary |
A vessel used to display the bones of holy figure
and saints. Sacred relics have long been important to Hindus and
Buddhists. They became an important part of Christian ritual (Catholic)
from about the 4th century. They provided a means of protecting
and displaying holy relics, and were to have miraculous powers
of intercession. They ranged in size from simple pendants or rings
to coffin-like containers to very elaborate ossuaries. Many were
designed with portability in mind, often being exhibited in public
or carried in procession on the saint's feast day or on other
holy days.
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Renaissance
Architecture |
The architectural style developed in early 15th
century Italy during the rebirth (rinascimento) of classical art
and learning. It succeeded the Gothic as the style dominant in
all of Europe after the mid-16th century and evolved through the
Mannerist phase into Baroque and in the early 17th century into
classicism. Initially characterized by the use of the classical
orders, round arches, and symmetrical composition.
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Reredos |
An ornamental screen or wall at the back of altar.
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Reticulated
Tracery |
Tracery whose openings are repetitive like the
meshes of a net.
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Retrochoir |
A chapel behind the high altar of a church but
in front of the Lady chapel.
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Revival Architecture |
The use of older styles in new architectural
movements, such as Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival or Egyptian
Revival.
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Ribbed Vault |
A vault in which the ribs support, or seem to
support the web of the vault.
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Ridge Rib |
A horizontal rib marking the crown of a compartment
of vaulting, characteristic of English Gothic architecture from
the early 13th century.
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Rippled Glass |
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Rococo |
A style of architecture and decoration, primarily
French in origin, which represents the final phase of the Baroque
around the middle of the 18th century, characterized by profuse,
often semi-abstract ornamentation and lightness of color and weight.
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Roman Arch |
A semicircular arch, typically of Roman architecture.
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Romanseque
Architecture |
The style emerging in Western Europe in the early
11th century based on Roman and Byzantine elements characterized
by massive articulated wall structures, round arches, and powerful
vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture in
the middle of the 12th century.
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Romanesque Revival |
The reuse in the second half of the 19th century
of massive Romanesque forms characterized by the round arch.
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Rood |
A large crucifix typically set above the chancel
entrance.
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Rood Altar |
An altar standing against the nave side of a
rood screen.
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Rood Arch |
The central arch in a rood screen, the arch between
the nave and chancel over the rood.
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Rood Beam |
A horizontal beam extending across the entrance
to the chancel of a church to support the rood.
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Rood Loft |
A gallery or elevated platform established upon
the rood screen.
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Rood Screen |
A screen which is open or partly open separating
the nave and chancel and intended to carry a rood.
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Rood Spire |
A spire over the crossing of the nave and transepts.
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