AHIS 120gp Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aisle
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Pilgrimage is very important during this period. People are now living in towns - life is much more lively than previously more churches are built. Vaults and small columns supporting these vaults. Roads between monasteries were based on roman roads. On artistic images - seashells are again a prevalent image - a symbol for a pilgrim. 9-23 nave of the church of st. cyriakus, gernrode. Nave of the church of st. cyriakus vs. cathedral of st. james. The entire church is built in module units. By this time these are monasteries for women. Most of the nuns of this time would have come from the nobility. Has double apses and copies the plan of st gall. What is new is the way the wall is treated. This building is similar to the plan of st gal. Prayer book of charles the bald vs. aachen gospels, otto iii. Shows humility - christ-centered kingship - the expectation that one must be humble.
