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In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while rings of voussoirs are constructed and the rings placed in position.
Groin vault – An architecture groin vault is formed when two barrel vaults intersect. The undersurface, or soffit, may be generated from a series of pointed, rather than round, arches. Also known as a cross vault. An architecture vault produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel (tunnel) vaults.
Barrel vaults are known from the Ancient Iran , Indian Indus Valley Civilization and Ancient Egypt, and were used extensively in Roman architecture. They were also used to replace the Cloaca Maxima with a system of underground sewers. Other early barrel vault designs occur in northern Europe, Turkey, Morocco, and other regions
Romanesque rib vaulting, Peterborough Cathedral (begun 1118) south aisle Gothic rib vaulting, Reims Cathedral (begun 1221) nave A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs.
Vault (architecture) Voussoir; W. Weighted catenary; Media in category "Arches and vaults" This category contains only the following file. Pont d'Arc arch.JPG 1,600 ...
The rib vault quickly replaced the Romanesque barrel vault in the construction of cathedrals, palaces, and other large structures. In a barrel vault, the round arch over the nave pressed down directly onto the walls, which had to be very thick, with few windows, to support the weight. In the rib vault, the thin stone ribs of the pointed arches ...
Cloister vault The squared dome of the Great Synagogue of Rome A dome tent shaped as a cloister vault The central vault of the Patuxai monument in Laos. In architecture, a cloister vault (also called a pavilion vault [1]) is a vault with four convex surfaces (patches of cylinders) meeting at a point above the center of the vault.
Sexpartite vaulting, Lyon Cathedral In architecture, a sexpartite vault is a rib vault divided into six bays by two diagonal ribs and three transverse ribs. [1]The principal examples are those in the Abbaye-aux-Hommes and Abbaye-aux-Dames at Caen (which were probably the earliest examples of a construction now looked upon as transitional), Notre-Dame de Paris, and the cathedrals of Bourges ...