Vault

English: Vault (architecture)

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Français : Voûte

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Magyar: Boltozat

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Polski: Sklepienie

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Русский: Cвод

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Slovenčina: Klenba

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Svenska: Valv

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Українська: Склепіння

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Diagrams, drawings[edit]

A groin vault viewed from the underside, showing the arris or 'groin'.
Plan of the vault from above showing resultant outward thrust.
Groin vault from above.
Underside of a barrel vault
View of a barrel vault from above showing lateral forces
Plan view of a barrel vault showing lateral forces
Sexpartite gothic rib vault
Barrel vault,
Net vault, drawing from Brockhaus, 1888
Groined vault
Single vault (barrel vault)
Groined vault
Dome
Klostervalv, Klasztorne
Kryssvalv, Sklepienie Krzyżowe
Kupolvalv,
Stickvalv
Stjärnvalv, Sklepienie Gwieździste
Tunnvalv, Sklepienie kolebkowe

Medieval vaults[edit]

Deutsch: Mittelalterliche Gewölbe

Polski: Sklepienia średniowieczne

Barrel vault[edit]

Deutsch: Tonnengewölbe

Français : Voûte en berceau

Groined vault[edit]

Deutsch: Kreuzgratgewölbe

Español: Bóveda de arista

Français : Voûte d'arêtes ou voûte d'arête

San Isidoro de León, Spain

Sexpartite rib vault[edit]

Polski: Sklepienie sześciodzielne

Cathedral St-Jean, Lyon

Quadripartite rib vault[edit]

Deutsch: Vierteiliges Kreuzrippengewölbe

Français : Voûte sur croisée d'ogives sexpartite

Polski: Sklepienie krzyżowo-żebrowe

Chateau de Queribus, France
Detalle del techo de la catedral Salisbury
Church of St. Mary in Lübeck, main nave
Blessed Virgin Mary church, Chełmno, between 1330 and 1340
Church of SS. James and Nicholas in Chełmno, presbytery, after 1326
chapel with gothic paintings in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Cloister in church in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Star vault[edit]

Deutsch: Sterngewölbe

Español: Bóveda de estrella

Français : Voûte en étoile

Polski: Sklepienie gwiaździste

SS. James and Nicholas church, Chełmno (1st quarter of 14th century)
Chełmno, Church of SS. Johns, by 1429 Cistersian nun's, by 1821 Benedictine nun's, nowadays Sisters' of Charity, vaulting of the eastern part (ca. 1330)
Vault in ambulatory of St. Mary church in Stargard Szczeciński
Church of St. James in Toruń, nave (ca. 1330-40)
Church of St. James in Toruń, presbytery (ca. 1330-40)
Kwidzyn, former cathedral church, nave (half of 14th century)
Church of Blessed Virgin Mary in Toruń, nave (3rd quarter of 14th century)
Chełmno, church of SS. James and Nicholas, nave (3rd quarter of 14th century)
SS. Johns' cathedral in Toruń, Poland (before 1497)
Sankt Laurentii, Söderköping, Sweden (1497)
Star vault of the Founder's Chapel, Monastery of Batalha, Portugal
Vault panorama, church Notre-Dame de la Dalbade
Vault of choir, church Notre-Dame de la Dalbade
Freiberg: vault inside the saxon board of mines in (~1500)
Bebenhausen monastery: Star vault of the summer refectory

Net vault[edit]

Deutsch: Netzgewölbe

Français : Voûte à nervures rayonnantes

Polski: Sklepienie sieciowe

Net vault in St. Mary Redcliffe church, Bristol
Maschennetzgewölbe im Chor der Liebfrauenkirche in Lienzingen (Mühlacker)

Fan vault[edit]

Polski: Sklepienie wachlarzowe

Deutsch: Fächergewölbe

Español: Bóveda de abanico

Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England, dating from a major restoration of the roof in the 1860s

Palm vault[edit]

Polski: Sklepienie palmowe

Tower of Navarre and Orval, Langres, France
Malbork Castle, Palace of Grand Masters
Malbork Castle, Palace of Grand Masters
Kraków, church of Holy Cross

Cell vault[edit]

Deutsch: Zellengewölbe

Polski: Sklepienie kryształowe

Cell vault (Meißen, Albrechtsburg)

Other[edit]

Vault of muqarnas: Alhambra, Spain
Kirchenruine St.Nicolai (St.Nicolaus) in Visby (Gotland). Erbaut 1230, zerstört 1525 - Bóveda construida en piedras irregulares y sin mortero.
Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris
Rib vault in Nikolauskirche in Gent
Torres de Río (Navarra, España), bóveda románica de influencia musulmana
Glimmingehus, Sweden (1506)
1903 Poland - Gliwice
Byzantine vaults in portal of basilique Sacré Coeur, Paris, France.