abated
Acqua Claudia
acque vola
agnus dei
alarm
alarm bell
alder
altar
aluminum
amphitheater
anchor
angel
angled brickwork
antique
antiquity
aperture
apertures
applied
approach
aqueduct
architect
architect-in-chief
architectural
architectural commission
architectural models
architectural orders
architectural perspective
architectural vocabulary
architecture
area
armature
artisan
artisans
artist
ascent
ash wood
astrolabe
astronomy
attached
attribute
Babel
background
bale
ball
bank
banker
baptismal font
Baptistery door
barrel
base of the semidome
basket
bas-reliefs
bathtub
battered
battlements
bearing
bed joints
beffa
bell
bell tower
bell towers
bending strength
bianchi marmi
Black Death of 1348
boardwalk
bone
breast
brick
brick model
brick ribs
brick-and-plaster model
bricklayers
bricklaying
bricks
bricks-and-mortar
brickwork
brickwork construction
brilliant
bronze
bronze ball
bronze doors
bronze pins
bronze reliefs
bronze statue
buffet
build
building
building design
building materials
building program
building site
burelle
buttresses
came
campanile
canal
cane
Capitol
capitolium
capomaestro
caravel
carpenter
Carrara marble
carrier
carters
carving
cast
cast metals
casting
casting in bronze
catacombs
catch
cathedral
chain
channeling
chapel
charge of the work
charged
chestnut beams
chestnut pole
chestnut trees
chiaroscuro
chief water engineer
chisel
choir screen
chorus
Christianity
church
church’s facade
churches
Circassian
circular gallery
circumference
circumferential compression
city
city walls
Classicism
clay
clear
clock
closer
closing ring
coat of arms
coin
coins
column
comesto
commission
common laborer
competition
compound pulley
compression
concentric rings
concrete
consecration
construction
contract
convent
cooks
copper
corda da murare
core
Corinthian capitals
counterweight
couple
coupled
crane
crane’s screws
crib
critical angle
crossbeam
crossing
crowning glory
cupola
curtail
curve
dam
day
dead
dead load
deal
death mask
decentering
decorate
defensive walls
design
device
di giro in giro
diagonal
diameter
die
dome
doorway
double shell
draft
drag
drawbridge
drawing
drum
earthenware pots
ease
east end
east portal
ebony
edifice
eggshell
elder-wood rollers
elevation
elm
elm tree
Empire
enamel
encrustation
end
engineer
engineering
English
engrave silver
entourage
epitaph
equestrian statue
equilibrium
escape
estimate
exchange
expansion
exterior shell
external buttresses
facade
face
factory
failure
fall
farm
femur
fence
field
figure
filling
flight
fluted pilasters
font
foot
forge
fortifications
fortified
fortress
forum
foundation stone
foundry
fracture
framework
framing
fresco
furnace
gallows
garb
gauge on the floor
geodesic dome
geometric figure
geometrical patterns
German
gesso board
gilded
gilding
glass
glazed
glazier
gold
gold leaf
Golden House
Gothic architecture
Gothic builders
Gothic churches
Gothic structure
Gothic vault
graffiti
grain
grand old house
gravel
great hall
Greek vase
ground
ground level
ground plan
guard
guild
gunmetal
hammer
hanging platform
harness
head
headroom
height
helical screw
herringbone brickwork
herringbone pattern
highcarbon steel
history of art
history of painting
history of science
hoarding
hoist
hoist rope
hoop stress
hoop stresses
hora
horizon
horizontal plane
horizontal thrust
hotel
house
hydraulic engineer
hydraulic engineering
hydraulic saws
illumination
image
imagines obliquae
inclination
ingegno
inner shell
inscribed
inscription
inserted
interior
interior balcony
intersecting arches
iron chains
iron clamps
iron filings
iron hoop
iron rings
iron ties
iron-and-sandstone chains
ironmongers
Italian Renaissance
Jerusalem
job
keep
keystone
laborers
labyrinth
lamp oil
landmark
lantern hoist
lapidum arnigerum
large-scale concrete vaulting
later
Lateran Palace
lavatory
law of elasticity
lay
lead
leadbeaters
leader
length
letter
lewis bolt
Liberty
light
lighting
lightning bolt
lightning protection
lightweight aggregates
lima raspa
lime
limestone
linear perspective
linen curtains
lithograph
loading platform
long corridor
macigno
main
main pillars
manor house
manual labor
manuscript
marble
marble bust
marble column
marble lavabo
marble platform
marble polish
marble tomb slab
market
market stalls
marmum rubeum
mason
mason’s level
masonry
masonry dome
masons
master carpenter
Master Mason
matter
mattone
measure
medieval
medieval cities
medieval Latin
member
memorial
men
mention
Middle Ages
military architecture
Mirabilia urbis romae
mirror
moat
model
modeling
mold
monasteries
monitor
monument
monumental structures
mortar
mosaics
motive power
moving
multicolored
naturalistic space
nave
north portal
north side
notches
obelisk
octagon
octagonal cloister-vault
octagonal cupola
octagonal dome
octagonal tribune
oculus
office
office of works
on-site supervisor
oratory
order
orders
original design
oriuolo di mezz’oro
other
outer dome
outer shell
overthrow
ox head
ox horn
ox-hoist
painter
painting
Palazzo Vecchio
palm
panel
panels
panorama
Pantheon
papal abbreviator
papal states
paper
Paradise
parallel arc
parapets
parchment
part
passage
Passion Sunday
patron
patron saints
pediments
Persian domes
perspective
perspective painting
perspective panel
pharaoh
piazza
piena
pier
pilgrims
pillars
pine beams
pine tree
pinions
pivoted horizontal beam
plan
plane surface
plane tree
plaster cast
plaster of Paris
plastering
plastic
plotting
plumb line
plumbers
point
pointed arch
polygonal dome
popolo minute
portholes
pounce
pozzolana concrete
precedent
precious stones
principal
prison
private palaces
privy
profile
proposal
prototype
pulley wheels
pulpit
pyramid
pyramidal wooden roof
quadrant
quantities
quarry
quarter of a century
Quattro Coronati
quicklime
quinto acuto
raft
rain gutter
raising
rape grandi
reflection
refuge
relief
reliquary
Renaissance
Renaissance style
renaiuoli
render
resilient wire
resistance
retreat
return
reveal
reveals
revolving crane
rise
Roman
Roman architecture
Roman baths
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Empire
Roman numerals
Roman statue
Romanesque vaults
Rome
roof beams
rope
rope drum
rope drums
rose
rota magna
roughmasons
round windows
rubble
ruin
rung
running
rust
sacristy
salt
sand
sand hourglass
sandstone
sandstone beams
sandstone chain
sap
sarcophagus
scaffold
scaffolding
scale
scale model
scarpella
scene
scheme
school
screw and the gear train
sculptor
secret
secret code
secret society
section drawing
Seljuk vaulting
sell
semicircular arch
semicircular arches
semicircular vault
sepulcher
serpentine
services
set of steps
setback
settling tanks
shadow
shell
shelter
shelving
shrine
side aisles
sign
site
size
skeleton
sketch
skull
soap
south aisle
space
span
specification
spinapescie bond
spire
spot
spring operated clock
springing
springing line
stability
stable cupola
staff
stained glass
stained-glass windows
staircase
stairwell
stalls
standard
statics
statuary
stella
step
stone
stone beams
stone chains
stone cutters
strength of materials
stress
stretching
strike
stronghold
structural mechanics
structure
study
style
subbia
sùbbio grosso
sùbbio mezzano
sùbbio minore
substructure
summer
sundial
superimposed
supervision
support
surmounted
surrounding walls
survey
surveying
taccola
tall windows
tallow
tambour
taper
tell
temperature changes
tempered
tempered iron
temple
Temple of Mars
temporary wooden support network
tensile strength of iron
tension
terra-cotta
testing grounds
thermal measuring devices
thick rafters
thickness
thin walls
through
thrust
thrust of the dome
tilting walls
timber
timber beam
timber bonds
tomb
tomb slab
tower
towers
town hall
trammel
tramontana
transition
transverse beams
traverse
treasure hunter
tribune
trompe l’oeil painting
tufa stone
tufa
tunnel
turnbuckle
turned
Tuscan
Tuscan Renaissance
type
type of structure
upright rod
vanishing point
vault
vaulting
ventilation
verde di Prato
vertical ribs
Vertical screw with triple turnbuckle
vertical shaft
vessel
Via Appia
viewing platform
Vitruvius
walk
walls
walnut logs
wane
waste
water supply
waterproof
wax
wax model
weather
weathering skin
weight
whispering
white muslin
winched
wind
wind loading
wind rose
windlass
windows
wine barrel
wood
wooden centering
wooden chain
wooden chains
wooden choir
wooden mast
wooden model
wooden plank
wooden platform
wooden ties
woodwork
work
workers’ district
working
working day
working hours
working level
workmanship
workshop
worm and wheel
zigzag
Sources Cited
King, Ross. Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture. Bloomsbury USA. 2000, reprint 2013.
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- 137 sources in dictionary
- 23,021 unique terms in dictionary
- 43,468 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 52.9% unique terms in dictionary