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Cloister vault - A domelike vault having a square or polygonal base from which curved segments rise to a central point. Also called domical vault.
Cloister vault of Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, England ...
Barrel vault - an architectural element formed by the extrusion of an arch along a given distance.
Bay - A regularly repeating division of a facade, marked by fenestration.
Barrel Vault
A vault formed by two identical tunnel-shaped vaults intersecting in the middle, having the form of a half cylinder.
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Barrel vault - Cylindrical roof.
Bartizan - An overhanging battlemented corner turret, corbelled out; sometimes as grandiose as an overhanging gallery; common in Scotland and France.
Barrel Vault
A half-cylindrical vault, semicircular or pointed in cross section; also called tunnel vault. Image courtesy of Heather Russell ...
barrel vault A masonry vault in the form of a semicircular arch.
bas-relief A low relief sculpture that projects only slightly from its two dimensional background.
barrel vault: a simple vault forming a continuous stone roof, generally of semi-circular section
bar-tracery: tracery consisting of stone ribs forming patterns.
barrel vault - or tunnel vault; a series of pressed-together arches, they were heavy and had enormous thrust or pressure downward and outward, usually had heavy walls because of this.
Barrel vault:/Barrel roof: A vault having a semicylindrical roof
Groin(ed) vault/Cross vault: A compound vault in which barrel vaults intersect ...
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The simplest type of vaulted roof is the barrel vault in which a single arched surface extends from wall to wall, the length of the space to be vaulted, for example, the nave of a church.
Barrel Vault
Originally found in Roman architecture, an extended arch shape covering a walkway, gallery or entrance.
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Barrel Vault with transverse arches connected to attached half columns that extend down to compound piers.
St. Foi at Conques: mostly built between 1100 and 1130.
Barrel Vault - a continuous rounded vault with no cross vaults, like the shape of a barrel. It resembles a barrel cut in half lengthwise.
Base - a carved foundation stone for a column, usually larger in diameter.
Barrel vault: semicircular roof of stone & timber
Bartizan: overhanging corner turret
Bastion: a small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall ...
Barrel Vault
semicircular (barrel shaped) roof of stone or timber
Barracks ...
barrel vault - the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
groined vault - two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles
fenestella, lunette - oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault ...
Barrel Vault: The simplest form of a vault, resembling a barrel, consisting of a continuous surface of semicircular or pointed sections.
Chevron: An ancient design motif used in Christian architecture dating back to the Romanesque period.
While barrel vaulting carried weight on continuous solid walls, ribbed vaulting used columns to support the weight. The ribs also delineated the vaults and gave a sense of unity to the structure.
see barrel vault.
Tympanum
a lunette over the doorway of a church, often decorated with sculpture.
Barrel vault - the simplest vault, also called a wagon or tunnel vault. A continuous vault usually semi-circular in section.
Boss - a knob or projection covering the intersection of ribs, usually decorated or carved, very often foliated.
BARREL VAULT: a continuous vault of semicircular cross-section. BAR TRACERY: window tracery in which the lights are separated by slender shafts. BATTLEMENTS: rectangular indentations in a parapet.
barrel vault A rounded ceiling shaped like half a barrel, which runs the length of the nave and has no rib vaults. Most commonly seen in early medieval churches.
So far, all the vaults mentioned have been barrel vaults, which, when not built underground, required continuous walls of great thickness to resist their thrust; the earliest example of the next variety, the intersecting barrel vault, ...
First was the dome, effectively a vault over a circular plan and more stable than the barrel vault, but also limited because of the outward thrust inherent to the structure.
It resembles a barrel vault
Barrel Nipple - A short tubular with a taper thread outside at each end, unthreaded in the middle
Barrel Vault - Semicircular arch, ceiling or roof; simplest type of roof.
Two of the bays were covered by barrel vaults, whilst that above the entrance was covered with a cross vault; the north and south sides of the portico were walled in as protection against the wind.
In Roman construction the thrust of barrel vaults had been neutralized by walls of great thickness, that of groin vaults either by the same clumsy expedient or by transverse walls; ...
- Stone ceiling formed like arches: a barrel vault is an arched stone tunnel; a groin vault is formed from intersecting barrel vaults (the edges or groins where the vaults meet do not have ribs or other strengthening); ...
The first form was taken from the early Christian and Roman basilica forms, which created a long central barrel vaulted nave pointing East to West.
Vault. Arched roof of a building or part of a building. Various forms exist: 1) barrel vault - an extreme development of the Roman arch (weight was carried equally by both walls); 2) cross vault where two barrel vaults cross and are divided into ...
A vault formed of two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles.Grotesque(lit. grotto-esque): Wall decoration adopted from Roman examples in the Renaissance. Its foliage scrolls incorporate figurative elements. Compare Arabesque.
The simplest form is the barrel vault, a single continuous arch; the groined vault consists of two barrel vaults joined at right angles; a ribbed vault has diagonal arches projecting from the surface. Back to Top
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In a cross-barrel vault, the main barrel (tunnel) vault is intersected at right angles with other barrel (tunnel) vaults at regular intervals.
A quadrant vault is a half-barrel (tunnel) vault.
A sexpartile vault is a rib vault with six panels.
Vault
An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof. The simplest form is the barrel vault, a single continuous arch; the groined vault consists of two-barrel vaults joined at right angles; a ribbed vault has a web of ribs added to the groins.
Cryptoporticus - Usually a slightly sunken arcade or barrel vault creating a long walkway or storage area. Architecturally, they often also function as buttressing for larger, adjacent structures.
Romanesque antecedents of the Gothic ribbed vault are the barrel vault and the groined vault. The ribbed vault is composed of diagonally arched ribs and can be classified as tri-partite, quatri-partite (fig.5, D), or sexpartite.
Groined vault : A rib-less vault formed by the meeting of a pair of equal barrel vaults at right angle to each other.
Hammer beams : Right angled support beams projecting from wall tops to brace wooden roofs.
BARREL
a semicircular vault unbroken by ribs
UNDERPITCH
a barrel vault with small perpendicular vaults underneath
GROIN
formed from intersection of two vaults ...
The style is characterized by thick heave walls and pillars, rounded stone barrel vaults, rounded arches and small windows.
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A cross erected at the entry to the chancel.
Like a covered wagon, or inverted ship; barrel vault is a plain vault of uniform cross-section.
A rib-less vault formed by the meeting of a pair of equal barrel vaults at right angle to each other.
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of the Norman era the style of architecture that was in vogue was known as Romanesque, because it copied the pattern and proportion of the architecture of the Roman Empire. The chief characteristics of the Romanesque style were barrel vaults, ...
Martin-in-the-Fields in central London drawing on ancient Roman temples for the exterior coupled with a striking steeple evoking medieval references, leading into a light, elegant interior characterized by a flattened barrel vault in the nave and ...
The emperor and his family and court sat in the first tier; patricians and gentry were in the second tier; ladies were in the third tier; and common people sat on the top. Barrel vaults were the main supports of the heavy tiers.
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