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cross-Gothic
vault in the presbytery; the nave has a wooden beamed ceiling.
Oct 27, 2022 07:00: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other"
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Gothic cross-ribbed
A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rib_vault
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JaneD
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Tony M
: Though not necessarily an error of word order: we may think of it as a vault consisting of crossed Gothic ribs. Sounds like US punctuation: I'd have put 'cross Gothic-ribbed vault'
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Thanks. But the syntax and punctuation are confusing, which is probably why the asker has posted the question.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: As said above, not necessarily wrong word order
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Zheng Ma
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Clauwolf
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Christopher Crockett
: Sorry Phil, but in 50+ years as a medieval art hysterian, i have to say that i've never --ever-- seen the term "cross ribbed" used. Just saying "rib vault" is enough at least for those fimailiar with the "Gothic" style.
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a Gothic vault which has the shape of a cross if looked right from above or below
cross-Gothic ribbed vault: 十字哥德式罗纹拱顶
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Note added at 9 hrs (2022-10-27 16:20:40 GMT)
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"cross-" might also mean "not-pure" or "of mixed variety".
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cross-
cross-Gothic ribbed vault: 混杂了哥特式的罗纹拱顶；非纯哥特式的罗纹拱顶
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Tony M
: What your reference is about is something quite different... in effect, the intersection of two vaults; this is about the fact that the vault is made of Gothic (= pointed) arches that criss-cross.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: No, it doesn't mean this
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Illustration
https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/04/59/28/14/360_F_459281481_uCF9BvO...
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Zheng Ma
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Thanks, Zheng Ma!
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Daryo
: The rest of the ceiling might look as a crossed vault (not always) but the key point is in the ribs.
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Thanks, Daryo!
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The Church of St. Bartholomew in the village of Mladočov
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mladocov_sv_Bart_od_...
The presbytery and the ribbed vault:
Interior of the Church of Saint Bartholomew (Mladočov)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Interior_of_the_...
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Discussion
https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/cee-2021-0069
The alcove above the high altar does also appear to be pointed rather than semi-circular at the top.