Groin vault - A vault produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel (tunnel) vaults. Sometimes the arches of groin vaults may be pointed instead of round.
Groin(ed) arch: One arched division of a cross vault
The groin vault is produced by the intersection of two barrel vaults which are perpendicular to each other.
Groin vault - also known as square vault, made by intersecting two barrel vaults at right angles. The spaces created by this vault were called bay areas.
Groined - Roof with sharp edges at intersection of cross-vaults.
Half-shaft - Roll-moulding on either side of opening.
groin vault - or square vault, made by intersecting two barrel vaults at right angles. The spaces created by this vault were called bay areas. (See barrel vault) ...
Groin (or cross-) vault
the ceiling configuration formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults.
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Groin vaults occur very frequently in earlier Romanesque buildings, and also for the less visible and smaller vaults in later buildings, particularly in crypts and aisles.
Groin
- sharp edges where surfaces meet in a groin vault, not covered by ribs.
See vault.
Groin
The angle formed by meeting or intersection of two vaults. In the Norman era (1066 - 1300) these were left plain, but during the Gothic era these were almost invariably covered with ribs. For the Baroque architects, these were very ornate.
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.
groined vault - two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles
fenestella, lunette - oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
ribbed vault - vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches ...
Nave with groin vault.
St. Étienne at Caen: or Abbaye aux Hommes, founded by William the Conqueror in 1064 and dedicated in 1077. Vaulted about 1130-35.
Other types of vaults: net vault, barrel, groin, quadripartite, sexpartite Fascine: Huge bundle of brushwood for revetting ramparts or filling in ditches.
Centring for the ordinary groin vault must be for an entire structural unit, or bay, with a resultant heavy structure resting on the floor. About 1100, the builders of Durham Cathedral in England invented a new method.
When two semicircular barrel vaults of the same diameter cross one another (fig. 2) their intersection (a true ellipse) is known as a groin, down which the thrust of the vault is carried to the cross walls; ...
The date is not recorded; no early examples remain in Lombardy, but in Normandy we find, about 1050, churches which possess aisles covered by square, groined vaults, with the transverse arches showing.
Romanesque A style developed in western and southern Europe after 1000 characterized by heavy masonry and the use of the round arch, barrel and groin vaults, narrow openings, and the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, ...
groin vault Vault (ceiling) of a bay formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults. hagioscope Also called a squint. A hole cut through a church wall or pillar in order to give a view of the altar.
Rib vaulting - arched roof with ribs of raised moulding at the groins.
Ringwork - circular earthwork of bank and ditch.
Roll - moulding of semi-circular section.
Romanesque - the prevailing architectural style, 8-12th cent.
A groin vault is formed from intersecting barrel vaults. The edges (groins) where the vaults meet do not have ribs or other strengthening.
A cross vault (or groin) is formed at the point at which two barrel (tunnel) vaults intersect at right angles.
In a ribbed vault, there is a framework of ribs or arches under the intersections of the vaulting sections.
A related feature introduced at this time was the groin vault used in complex arrangements for portals. Often doorways would be covered by a complex groin vault with a small dome in the centre forming a half-star shape.
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.
Cell - One of compartments of a groin or rib vault, in the Romanesque period usually of plastered rubble, in the Gothic period of neatly coursed stones.
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.
Sharp edge at the meeting of two compartments (cells) of a groin-vault.Groin-vault ...
arched roof with ribs of raised moulding at the groins
Ringwork
circular earthwork of bank and ditch ...
BARREL
a semicircular vault unbroken by ribs
UNDERPITCH
a barrel vault with small perpendicular vaults underneath
GROIN
formed from intersection of two vaults ...
Romanesque - Medieval architectural style, from c7 until the development of Gothic in 1140, characterised by round arches, groin vaults, clear bold forms and planning.
vault An arched ceiling constructed of masonry materials; the undersurface, or soffit, is usually curved. If the vault is generated from a series of pointed, rather than round, arches, it is called a groin vault.
Cross Vault - Arch made by two barrel vaults at right angles to each other, meeting in the middle. Also known as groin vault.
 See also: Vault, Architecture, Barrel, Roman, Barrel vault
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