Vault

Added byIN Others  Save
 We try our best to keep the ads from getting in your way. If you'd like to show your support, you can use Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee.
added by

A type of roofing in stone or brick using the principle of gravity to lock the materials together. The barrel vault is continuous and of semicircular section; in the rib vault, the weight of the roof is carried by ribs. The evolution of the vault begins with the discovery of the arch, because the basic barrel form which appeared first in ancient Egypt and the Near East is simply a deep or three-dimensional arch.

0