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A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs. Variations were used in Roman architecture, Byzantine architecture, Islamic architecture, Romanesque architecture, and especially Gothic architecture. Thin stone panels fill the space…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| the Flamboyant in France | instance of | and similarly extravagant rib vaulting would appear in other late Gothic styles | 0.80 | text |
| Sondergotik in Central Europe.Tierceron vaults make use of tertiary ribs | instance of | and similarly extravagant rib vaulting would appear in other late Gothic styles | 0.80 | text |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Bechmann | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Roland | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Les Racines | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Cathédrales | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | French | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Payot | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | ISBN | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Ducher | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Robert | 0.60 | section |
| Rib vault | related to Bibliography | Caractéristique | 0.60 | section |
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