Glossary
- abbot
- abbess
- acanthus
- alabaster
- alloy
- Alsace
- altar
- altar frontal
- altarpiece
- antependium
- angel
- Apocalypse
- apostles
- apse
- aquamanile
- arcade
- arch
- archbishop
- archivolt
- barrel vault
- basilisk
- beaker
- Benedictine order
- benediction
- Bible
- bishop
- book of hours
- book of Revelation
- boss
- boxwood
- cabochon
- canonize
- canonical hours
- capital
- Carmelite order
- Carolingian
- casting
- Catalunya
- cathedral
- censer
- chalice
- champlevé
- chapel
- chapter house
- chasing
- chasuble
- cherubim
- choir
- choir screen
- choir stalls
- Cistercian order
- clergy
- cloister
- coat of arms
- colonette
- column
- convent
- corbel
- cornice
- corpus
- credenza
- crenellation
- crocket
- crosier
- crozier
- cross
- crucifix
- cruciform
- cruet
- Crusades
- deacon
- diocese
- diptych
- Dominican order
- earthenware
- ecclesiastic
- effigy
- embroidery
- enamel
- engraving
- Epiphany
- Epistles
- Eucharist
- Evangelists
- extreme unction
- Flamboyant
- fleur-de-lis
- Franciscan order
- fresco
- frieze
- friar
- gable
- gesso
- gilding
- gisant
- gold leaf
- Gospel
- Gothic
- grisaille
- halo
- heraldry
- Holy Ghost
- Holy Spirit
- host
- Hugenots
- iconography
- illumination
- inlay
- Instruments of the Passion
- intarsia
- ivory
- jamb
- knop
- lancet
- lapis lazuli
- lectern
- lintel
- liturgical instruments
- liturgy
- Lowlands
- luster
- Magi
- maiolica
- Man of Sorrows
- mandorla
- Mass
- Maundy Thursday
- meander
- memento mori
- Mendicant
- Middle Ages
- millefleurs
- miter
- monastery
- monasticism
- mordant
- mortise and tenon
- mother-of-pearl
- mullion
- nave
- niello
- oculus
- opus anglicanum
- palmette
- parchment
- pasteboard
- paten
- pigment
- pilaster
- pilgrimage
- polylobed
- pope
- pot-metal
- predella
- priest
- Premonstratensian order
- pulpit
- quatrefoil
- refectory
- relic
- reliquary
- repoussé
- retable
- rib vault
- rock crystal
- Romanesque
- rose window
- sacrament
- saint
- sarcophagus
- shrine
- silver-stain
- socle
- spandrel
- stained glass
- stigmata
- surcoat
- tang
- tapestry
- tempera
- terracotta
- tonsure
- tracery
- transept
- treasury
- trefoil
- Trinity
- triptych
- True Cross
- tympanum
- typology
- unicorn
- vault
- vellum
- velvet
- vermiculé
- vestment
- voussoir
- warp
- wattle
- weft
Source Citation
Barnet, Peter and Nancy Wu. The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture. New York City, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2005.