A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie, Spanish. bóveda) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof.
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Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted
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In a pitched-brick vault the bricks lean (are pitched) against an existing wall.
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St Paul's Cathedral Choir looking east, London
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Top of the rib-vaulted ceiling over the nave of Salisbury Cathedral
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Vaults and dome of the Gol Gumbaz
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Neobyzantine vaults in Saint Sava. The vaults, 37.7 m high and 24 m wide are designed as concrete boxes. They were prefabricated and lifted with chains to their shown positions.
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Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris
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Assyrian bas-relief from Nimrud showing domed structures in the background
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A groin vault viewed from the underside, showing the arris or 'groin'
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Plan of a groin vault from above showing resultant outward thrust
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The rib vault of Reims Cathedral, France
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Rib vault of church Sint-Niklaaskerk in Ghent, Belgium
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Rib-vault ceiling, with Lierne ribs, of the Liebfrauenkirche, Mühlacker 1482
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Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England
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Section through the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
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Neo-Byzantine vaults in portal of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, France
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The dome of the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus
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Nave of Lisbon Cathedral with a barrel vaulted soffit. Note the absence of clerestory windows, all of the light being provided by the rose window at one end of the vault.
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