Art History 106 - Images & Ideas
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The Ribbed Vault
 

It was also possible to build a vault by constructing intersecting arches, and filling in the fabric between them with masonry. This was known as a ribbed vault.

 

below diagram of a ribbed vault
 
 

below vaults in the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral at Reims, France. 12th century
 
 

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© Elizabeth Rankin and Amanda Skeet, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, 2004.