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What belief is still important to Jews today?
Genesis 17:8
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Old Saint Peter’s was unusual because it had ____ side aisles instead of ___ aisle on each side of the nave.
Double; one
100
On which wall is the mural of the Empress Theodora and her Attendants?
The South Wall
100
What was the name of the region controlled by the Vikings?
Kievan Rus
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In what year did Late Byzantine Art begin?
1261
200
What mountain did Moses climb to the top alone?
Mount Sinai
200
A large hall that is crossed in front of an apse is called a ___?
Transept
200
Which diptych is the archangel comparable to?
The priestess of Bacchus in the Symmachus panel
200
How many smaller domes surrounded the central dome at The Cathedral of Santa Sophia?
12
200
What was Theodore Metochites title?
Administrator of the Imperial Treasury at Constantinople
300
Christian’s believed in one God manifest in three ways, what are they?
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
300
First church to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary after the Council of Ephesus in 431 declared her “Theotokos”, meaning “Bearer of God.”
Santa Maria Maggiore
300
What is a mandorla?
An almond shaped area of light
300
]The term Dormition is used to refer to what?
Mary’s bodily assumption into heaven
300
Who is Christ dragging with him in the painting Anastasis?
An elderly Adam and Eve
400
Where did the first Ecumenical Counsel of the Church called by Constantine I take place in 325.
Nicaea, or present-day Turkey
400
Naked male child-angels, or cherubs, derived from classical art.
Putti
400
What was the Virgin of Vladimir thought to do?
Protect the people of the city where it resided
400
The group known as Deesis is made up of which three people?
Christ, Mary, and Saint John the Baptist
400
Who gained leadership of the Orthodox Church in 1453?
Russia
500
In the fourth and fifth centuries, a sophisticated philosophical and ethical system developed, using many ideas from what two thoughts?
Greek and Roman
500
In 395, Emperor _____ split the Roman empire into eastern and western divisions, each ruled by one of his sons.
Theodosius I
500
What is idolatry?
The worship of images
500
Where was King Roger’s court located?
Palermo
500
What artist created The Old Testament Trinity (Three Angels Visiting Abraham)?
Audrey Rublyov