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Stellar vault is one with the ribs, liernes and tierceron arranged in a star-shaped pattern.
Church of St Peter's, Gloucester
Tierceron: see T ...
Lierne ribs in English vaults are short ribs crossing between the main ribs, and were employed chiefly as decorative features, as, for instance, in the stellar vault (see Plate I. fig. 16), ...
- Anna Kulig, Krystyna Romaniak, Geometric Models of Stellar Vaults ...
SteepleTower together with a spire, lantern, or belfry.Stellar vaultWith liernes (short decorative ribs not linked to any springing point) in star formation. Also called a star-vault.Stiff-leaf ...
Vaults of various forms were then built to cover the area between each transverse arch to produce a large vaulted area. The vaults used to span the arches included tunnel or barrel vaults, stellar vaults and cross vaults, ...
 See also: Vault, Spring, Arch, Brick, Frame
  
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