Sexpartite Ribbed Vault, Showing Two Compartments with the Fillings Complete

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Sexpartite vault (or six-part vault), in architecture, is a rib vault divided into six bays by two diagonal ribs and three transverse ribs. Legend: a, transverse ribs (doubleaux); b, wall-ribs (formerets); c, groin-ribs (diagonaux). All the ribs are semi-circle.

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roof, ceiling, Gothic architecture, Cathedral architecture, sexpartite vault, six part vault

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Groin Vaults

Source

A. D. F. Hamlin College Histories of Art History of Architecture (New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1915)

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