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In architecture, a sexpartite vault is a rib vault divided into six bays by two diagonal ribs and three transverse ribs. The principal examples are those...1 KB (171 words) - 10:17, 16 February 2021
Rib vault (section Sexpartite vaulting)stained glass windows. The sexpartite vault appeared almost simultaneously in England and France. The first cathedral to use sexpartite vaults was Durham Cathedral...37 KB (4,622 words) - 23:53, 22 October 2024
system. Also, the alternation can be found in some early Gothic designs of sexpartite vaults, where the support for the middle transverse rib carries less load...6 KB (763 words) - 07:22, 30 April 2024
The sexpartite ribbed vault at Saint Etienne, Caen...178 KB (20,791 words) - 07:20, 14 November 2024
without cement. (National Museum of French Monuments, Paris) An early sexpartite rib vault drawn by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Rib vaults of Durham Cathedral...20 KB (2,273 words) - 08:04, 10 August 2024
and between the transverse ribs. This resulted in what is known as a sexpartite, or six-celled vault, of which one of the earliest examples is found in...45 KB (6,276 words) - 02:49, 13 November 2024
Chapel has vaults that stem from one central support column. The use of sexpartite vaults allowed for more natural light to enter the cathedral through the...58 KB (6,125 words) - 14:45, 15 November 2024
ribs) and a sexpartite rib vault (a rib vault whose surface is divided into six sections by three ribs). Sail vault – See Dome Sexpartite vault – A Rib...8 KB (1,108 words) - 00:56, 10 January 2024
vault. The diagonal ribs could also be depressed, a solution used on the sexpartite vaults at both the Saint-Étienne, (Abbaye-aux-Hommes) and Sainte-Trinité...132 KB (16,400 words) - 21:15, 2 November 2024
chevet and choir, converting the vaulting from quadripartite vaulting to sexpartite vaulting. The transept was built from 1500 to 1548. In 1573, the fall...17 KB (1,722 words) - 07:53, 24 October 2024
nave (with the exception of the west end, near the organ) incorporates sexpartite vaulting, while the ceiling in the transepts incorporates quadripartite...17 KB (1,890 words) - 14:39, 25 October 2024- sexangular, sexavalent, sexennial, sexennium, sexireme, sexivalent, sexpartite, sexradiate, sextain, sextuple, sextuplet sexageni sexagen- sixty each...317 KB (336 words) - 13:29, 14 September 2024
The interior vaulting shows a similar progression, beginning with early sexpartite vaulting (using circular ribs) in the nave and progressing to quadripartite...8 KB (900 words) - 09:43, 7 June 2024- sexangular, sexavalent, sexennial, sexennium, sexireme, sexivalent, sexpartite, sexradiate, sextain sexagen- sixty each Latin sexageni sexagenarian,...2 KB (1,764 words) - 11:34, 28 October 2024
towers at its west front. Some scholars believe the high vaults to be sexpartite (though this is not clearly supported by the 17th century illustrations...23 KB (2,967 words) - 16:29, 17 October 2024
only at High Gothic during the 13th century. The vaults were six ribbed sexpartite vaults. Notable structures of the style include the East end of the Abbey...28 KB (3,616 words) - 19:06, 19 July 2024
early French Gothic (the pyramidal spires of the towers, and the internal sexpartite vault of the ceiling, also used at Truro); and Spanish Gothic used extensively...20 KB (2,053 words) - 16:44, 2 November 2024- sexangular, sexavalent, sexennial, sexennium, sexireme, sexivalent, sexpartite, sexradiate, sextain sexagen- sixty each Latin sexageni sexagenarian,...52 KB (369 words) - 10:24, 11 November 2024
parish church in Tickencote, Rutland. Apart from the chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel, which are Norman and date from the mid 12th century...8 KB (661 words) - 20:16, 30 October 2024
clerestory is an incomplete triforium; the nave was supposed to be covered by sexpartite vaults, which were replaced by a wooden roof and, after the 17th century...16 KB (1,835 words) - 06:16, 14 April 2024
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- Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 24 Sexpartite Vault 20158381911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 24 — Sexpartite Vault SEXPARTITE VAULT, in architecture, a name