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ribbed vault

ribbed vault
A vault in which the ribs support, or seem to support, the web of the vault.
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These included an extension of the choir and pointed windows and rib vaults, whereas the Romanesque square choir had a ribless crossvault.
Treasures in Wood and Stone - Historic Bergen, Norway
Similar in form and articulation to other Venetian apses built around this time -- it is ringed by tall pointed lancets set within a cage of brick rib vaults that appear as well at the male Benedictine houses of Sant'Elena and San Gregorio, the church of the Lateran canons at Santa Maria della Carita, and the Augustinian church of Santo Stefano -- the new apse was current and stylish.
Nuns and Their Art: The Case of San Zaccaria in Renaissance Venice [*]
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