corbeled vault
corbel vault, corbeled vault
A masonry roof constructed from opposite walls, or from a circular base, by shifting courses slightly and regularly inward until they meet. The resulting stepped surface can be smoothed or curved, but no arch action is incurred.
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Its placement near the ceiling of the room's
corbeled vault restates its celestial standing.
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