wagon vault
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wagon vault
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The apse and aisle ends were square, and the nave was vaulted with a wagon vault.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The roof is a wagon vault pierced with cross-vaults, but not truly quadripartite, and the caps a curious combination of badly cut foliage and scrolls and round-arched arcading.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The building has a wagon vault of three courses, carved with cofferings and rosettes above a magnificent cornice.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
This ceiling is a pointed wagon vault, cut from two great blocks of marble, which meet in the centre.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
In front of the apses is a solea with a wagon vault, except in front of the small aisle apse, where it is quadripartite.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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