Vault: Quick Facts

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Diagram of a vaulted ceiling structure showing intersecting arches, with brick-like segments illustrating the architectural form of a basic vault used in ceilings and roofs.

Winchester Cathedral: ceiling vaults

Amiens Cathedral

frescoes by Juan Gersón

four common types of vault

The area of a bay indicated in a reconstruction of a Gothic vault, from Le Premier Tome de l'architecture de Philibert de L'Orme (1567), by Philibert Delorme

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