| 单词 | quadripartite vault |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquadripartite vault quadripartite vault n. a vault divided into four converging compartments. ΚΠ 1855 J. Fergusson Illustr. Handbk. Archit. II. viii. ii. 879 How various and painful were the steps by which the French arrived at their system of vaulting..by a combination of quadripartite and hexapartite intersecting vaults. 1868 M. E. C. Walcott Sacred Archæol. 52 The Baldachino at Gerona..stands upon four shafts, supporting a flat quadripartite vault. 1952 L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. vi. 116 At the point of intersection of the ribs, in a simple quadripartite vault, was set a block of stone, now known as a ‘boss’. 1961 J. Fitchen Constr. Gothic Cathedrals 217/2 Although sexpartite vaults were not entirely superseded by quadripartite vaults in the great cathedrals of the thirteenth century, the latter were certainly the more characteristic form. < as lemmas |
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