rib vault
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rib vault
n. A vault in which the surface is divided into webs by a framework of diagonal arched ribs. Also called ribbed vault.
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The Gothic masterpiece features enormous rose windows, a
rib vault and flying buttresses, and its 90-metre spire towered above the Ile de la Cite, the island on which Notre Dame stands.
It boasted a
rib vault and flying buttresses and the two iconic towers housed the 10 famous bells.
Each bay is vaulted by a
rib vault of roughly spherical shape as is seen in Figure 2.
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