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fan vaults


Identification code: 300001396



Alternative term/s

  • fan groining
  • fan vault
  • fan vaulting
  • groining, fan
  • vaults, fan

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Scope note:

Vaults consisting or solid concave-sided semicones, meeting or nearly meeting at the apex of the vault, the areas between cones being flat, and the whole being given a highly decorative treatment with ribs that fan out from the vault's springing.

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