domical vault

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• Vault (architecture) — A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie , Spanish. bóveda ) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article… …   Wikipedia

• domical — dome ► NOUN 1) a rounded vault forming the roof of a building, typically with a circular base. 2) a sports stadium or other building with a domed roof. 3) informal the top of the head. DERIVATIVES domed adjective domical adjective. ORIGIN Italian …   English terms dictionary

• Cloister vault — A Cloister vault, or domical vault, is a vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. Geometry The intersection of the cloister vault with a horizontal plane is a square. This fact may be used to find the… …   Wikipedia

• Rib vault — Cathedral of Reims, France …   Wikipedia

• domicalvault — domical vault n. See cloister vault. * * * …   Universalium

• Dome — For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). Domal redirects here. For domal consonants , see Retroflex consonant. Dome of St. Peter s Basilica in Rome crowned by a cupola. Designed primarily by Michelangelo, the dome was not completed until 1590 A …   Wikipedia

• List of architectural vaults — The following is a list of arched structures known in architecture as vaults.* Ambulatory vault – the covered portion of the covered passage around a cloister. Often written in the context of an ambulatory vault mosaic. * Annular vault – A Barrel …   Wikipedia

• Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …   Universalium

• cloistervault — cloister vault n. A domelike vault having a square or polygonal base from which curved segments rise to a central point. Also called domical vault. * * * …   Universalium

• Theophilus of Antioch — There is also a Theophilus of Alexandria ( c. A.D. 412).Theophilus, Patriarch of Antioch [Eusebius Ecclesiastical History iv. 20; Jerome Ep. ad Algas. quaest. 6.] , succeeded Eros c. 169, and was succeeded by Maximus I c.183, according to Henry… …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical Architecture — • All ecclesiastical architecture may be said to have been evolved from two distinct germ cells, the oblong and the circular chamber Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Architecture     Ecclesiastic …   Catholic encyclopedia