| A | B |
|---|
| arcade | series of arches supported by columns or piers |
| basilica | large oblong building often with a long nave and aisles |
| cinqfoil | five-lobed ornamental shape |
| finial | ornament at the tip of a pinnacle or spire |
| fluting | shallow concave grooves running vertically on a column or pilaster |
| lancet | slender pointed window |
| lintel | flatt horizontal beam which spans the space between two supports |
| machicolation | gallery projecting on brackets and built on the outside of castle towers and walls |
| mausoleum | structure for a tomb |
| mosaic | decoration of small pieces of glass, stone, or marble in a matrix |
| nave | central longitudinal space of a bascilican church |
| niche | recess in the thickness of a wall |
| pediment | triangular space above a window or entrance |
| pilaster | column which projects slightly from a wall |
| pinnacle | pointed termination of a spire or buttress |
| portal | doorway of entrance |
| quatrefoil | ornamental form which has four lobes or foils |
| refectory | dining room in a monastery |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin |
| soffit | underside of an arch, opening, or roof |
| spire | elongated, pointed structure which rises from a tower, turret, or roof |
| trefoil | ornamental form with three lobes or foils |
