Transverse rib
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
A transverse rib (Template:Langx) is the term in architecture given to the rib of a rib vault which is carried across the nave, dividing the same into bays. Although as a rule it was sunk in the barrel vault of the thermae, it is found occasionally below it, as in the piscina at Baiae and the so-called Baths of Diana (Nymphaeum) at Nîmes. In the Romanesque and Gothic styles it becomes the principal feature of the vault, so much so that Scott[1] termed it the "master rib".Template:Sfn
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Robert A. Scott, The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral University of California Press (2003)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
