MetaGlossary.com: Ribbed Vault

Keywords: Vault, Arches, Groined, Evenly, Skeleton

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See: Vault, Ribbed

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In masonry, a vault reinforced by masonry ribs.

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vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches

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a framework of arched ribs carrying the cells which cover the spaces between them

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a vault with diagonal arches that project from the surface

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A form of cross vaulting in which the weight of the segments is evenly distributed over raised stone ribs.

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a vault in which the supporting or structural members have been reduced to the stone skeleton of arches, or ribs, between which webbing is laid [image

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