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What (who) is vault abutment - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Vault overseer; Vault (disambiguation); Vaults; Vault (software); Vault (comics)
Cross-vaulting
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PRODUCED BY THE INTERSECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES OF TWO BARREL VAULTS
Groined vault; Cross vault; Groin-vault; Crossed vault; Cross-vault; Cross-vaulting; Groined Vault; Groin vaults; Cross vaulting; Cross-vaulted; Double barrel vault; Double barrel vaults
·noun Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
Rib vault
![Crossing vault of [[Seville Cathedral]] by [[Juan Gil de Hontañón]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bóveda del crucero de la Catedral de Sevilla.jpg?width=200 "Crossing vault of [[Seville Cathedral]] by [[Juan Gil de Hontañón]]")
![Keystone]] of a vault Church Notre-Dame in [[Morienval]], [[Oise]], (12th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morienval (60), église Notre-Dame, chœur, clé de voûte de la 1ère travée.jpg?width=200 "Keystone]] of a vault Church Notre-Dame in [[Morienval]], [[Oise]], (12th century)")
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![Chapel of Villaviciosa, [[Great Mosque of Cordoba]] (962–965)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Córdoba-La Mezquita-Cúpula de la Capilla Real-20110917.jpg?width=200 "Chapel of Villaviciosa, [[Great Mosque of Cordoba]] (962–965)")
![[[Mosque of Cristo de la Luz]], [[Toledo, Spain]] (c. 1000)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bab al Mardum. Cristo de la Luz. MPLC 08.jpg?width=200 "[[Mosque of Cristo de la Luz]], [[Toledo, Spain]] (c. 1000)")
![[[Aljafería]] of [[Zaragoza]] (11th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La Ajafería - Oratorio del siglo XI 01.JPG?width=200 "[[Aljafería]] of [[Zaragoza]] (11th century)")
![Romanesque vaults of [[Saint-Philibert de Tournus]] (1008–1050)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tournus abbaye 03.jpg?width=200 "Romanesque vaults of [[Saint-Philibert de Tournus]] (1008–1050)")
![Romanesque nave and vaults of [[Speyer Cathedral]] (1082–1103)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Speyerer Dom Mittelschiff.jpg?width=200 "Romanesque nave and vaults of [[Speyer Cathedral]] (1082–1103)")
![Groin vault with ribs at Sainte-Croix Abbey church of [[Quimperlé]], Brittany (1083)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quimperlé (29) Abbatiale Sainte-Croix 10.JPG?width=200 "Groin vault with ribs at Sainte-Croix Abbey church of [[Quimperlé]], Brittany (1083)")
![Star vault, [[Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen]] (1065–1166)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StEtienne tour lanterne.jpg?width=200 "Star vault, [[Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen]] (1065–1166)")
![''Abbaye-aux-Dames'']] (1080s)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abbaye aux Dames (ancienne), Eglise Sainte-Trinité - Vue intérieure du choeur - Caen - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APMH00018189.jpg?width=200 "''Abbaye-aux-Dames'']] (1080s)")
![Nave of [[Durham Cathedral]], (1093–1135)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Durham Cathedral. Interior.jpg?width=200 "Nave of [[Durham Cathedral]], (1093–1135)")
![Early rib vault in east end of [[Lessay Abbey]], Normandy (about 1098) (photo from before World War II)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abbaye (ancienne) - Eglise - Vue intérieure du choeur et du transept sud - Lessay - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APMH00001543.jpg?width=200 "Early rib vault in east end of [[Lessay Abbey]], Normandy (about 1098) (photo from before World War II)")
![Nave of [[Vézelay Abbey]], (1104–1132) with Romanesque groin vaults in the nave (foreground) and Gothic rib vaults in the choir (background)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nef de la basilique de Vézelay à 14h27 le 23 juin 1976.jpg?width=200 "Nave of [[Vézelay Abbey]], (1104–1132) with Romanesque groin vaults in the nave (foreground) and Gothic rib vaults in the choir (background)")
![Vaulted church of [[Fontenay Abbey]] (1130–1147)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abbaye Fontenay eglise interieur.jpg?width=200 "Vaulted church of [[Fontenay Abbey]] (1130–1147)")
![Norman-Romanesque vaults in choir of [[Cefalù Cathedral]] (1148–1240)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cefalu duomo int.jpg?width=200 "Norman-Romanesque vaults in choir of [[Cefalù Cathedral]] (1148–1240)")
![Lantern vault, [[Laon Cathedral]] (1150s–1230)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laon Cathedral Vaults 01.JPG?width=200 "Lantern vault, [[Laon Cathedral]] (1150s–1230)")
![[[Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio]] (12th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milano bazylika Sant Ambrogio 2.jpg?width=200 "[[Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio]] (12th century)")
![Six-part rib vaults in the narthex of [[Vézelay Abbey]] (1132)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vézelay (89) Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine - Intérieur - 10.jpg?width=200 "Six-part rib vaults in the narthex of [[Vézelay Abbey]] (1132)")
![Ambulatory of the [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]] (completed 1144)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basilica Saint Denis ambulatory.JPG?width=200 "Ambulatory of the [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]] (completed 1144)")
![Six-part rib vaults of ceiling of nave of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]] (1163–1345)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ceiling, Notre Dame, Paris, ZM.JPG?width=200 "Six-part rib vaults of ceiling of nave of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]] (1163–1345)")
![Sexpartite rib vaults in [[Sens Cathedral]] (1135–1164)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sens - Cathédrale 09.jpg?width=200 "Sexpartite rib vaults in [[Sens Cathedral]] (1135–1164)")
![[[Cefalù Cathedral]] (1131–1240), with rib vault in the [[chancel]] at east end](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cefalu Cathedral interior BW 2012-10-11 12-07-53.jpg?width=200 "[[Cefalù Cathedral]] (1131–1240), with rib vault in the [[chancel]] at east end")
![Four-part rib vaults at [[Amiens Cathedral]] (1220–1270) allowed greater height and larger windows](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voutes, nef, rosace ouest et grandes orgues de la cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens, France - 20080125-02.jpg?width=200 "Four-part rib vaults at [[Amiens Cathedral]] (1220–1270) allowed greater height and larger windows")
![Stronger four-part rib vaults at [[Rouen Cathedral]] (13th c.)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Notre-Dame de Rouen, Nave 20140521 1.jpg?width=200 "Stronger four-part rib vaults at [[Rouen Cathedral]] (13th c.)")
![The choir of [[Beauvais Cathedral]] (1225–1272), the tallest of Gothic church interiors.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picardie Beauvais2 tango7174.jpg?width=200 "The choir of [[Beauvais Cathedral]] (1225–1272), the tallest of Gothic church interiors.")
![Nave of [[Cologne Cathedral]] (1248–1322)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koelner Dom Innenraum.jpg?width=200 "Nave of [[Cologne Cathedral]] (1248–1322)")
![Hall of the guards of the [[Conciergerie]], part of the earlier royal palace, in Paris (13th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hall of men at arms.jpg?width=200 "Hall of the guards of the [[Conciergerie]], part of the earlier royal palace, in Paris (13th century)")
![Tierceron vault in the nave of [[Exeter Cathedral]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Exeter Cathedral nave vaulted ceiling.jpg?width=200 "Tierceron vault in the nave of [[Exeter Cathedral]]")
![Lierne vault in the Lady Chapel of [[Ely Cathedral]] (begun 1321)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg?width=200 "Lierne vault in the Lady Chapel of [[Ely Cathedral]] (begun 1321)")
![Lierne]] vault in the choir of [[Gloucester Cathedral]] (1331)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gloucester Cathedral Vaulted Ceiling.jpg?width=200 "Lierne]] vault in the choir of [[Gloucester Cathedral]] (1331)")
![Lierne vault in the nave of [[Canterbury Cathedral]] (late 14th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Canterbury Cathedral nave.jpg?width=200 "Lierne vault in the nave of [[Canterbury Cathedral]] (late 14th century)")
![Late Gothic star vault of the [[Monastery of Batalha]], Portugal (1386)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosteiro da Batalha (10638051633).jpg?width=200 "Late Gothic star vault of the [[Monastery of Batalha]], Portugal (1386)")
![Fan vault in the chapel of [[King's College, Cambridge]] (1446–1554)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cambridge King's College Chapel.jpg?width=200 "Fan vault in the chapel of [[King's College, Cambridge]] (1446–1554)")
![Fan vault in [[Bath Abbey]] (mostly 19th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bath.abbey.fan.vault.arp.jpg?width=200 "Fan vault in [[Bath Abbey]] (mostly 19th century)")
![Tierceron vault in the chapter house of [[Wells Cathedral]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wells Cathedral Chapter House, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg?width=200 "Tierceron vault in the chapter house of [[Wells Cathedral]]")
![Decorative rib vault in the hall of [[Prague Castle]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prague Castle, Vladislav Hall, 1493-1502 (3) (25586959334).jpg?width=200 "Decorative rib vault in the hall of [[Prague Castle]]")
![Structure of a six-part Gothic rib vault (Drawings by [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]]) The six-part vault could cover two bays of the nave, but required alternating pillars and columns to support the difference of weight distributed by the traverse and diagonal ribs.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ossature.voute.arc.ogive.png?width=200 "Structure of a six-part Gothic rib vault (Drawings by [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]]) The six-part vault could cover two bays of the nave, but required alternating pillars and columns to support the difference of weight distributed by the traverse and diagonal ribs.")
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Ribbed vault; Net vault; Ploughshare vault; Qudripartite vault; Stellar vault; Quadripartite vault; Cross-ribbed vault; Ribbed vaulting; Rib vaulting
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.
Abutment
![rail bridge]] and earthen fill of the bridge approach embankment at Old Town Station Staten Island Railway - Staten Island, New York](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old Town Road SIRT SB stair jeh.jpg?width=200 "rail bridge]] and earthen fill of the bridge approach embankment at Old Town Station Staten Island Railway - Staten Island, New York")
![Brick abutment supporting disused tramway over the [[Yass River]] in [[Yass, New South Wales]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Railway bridge abutment riverbank park yass.JPG?width=200 "Brick abutment supporting disused tramway over the [[Yass River]] in [[Yass, New South Wales]]")
SUBSTRUCTURE AT THE ENDS OF A BRIDGE SPAN OR DAM SUPPORTING ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE
Abutments; Bridge abutments; Bridge abutment
An abutment is the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure. Single-span bridges have abutments at each end which provide vertical and lateral support for the span, as well as acting as retaining walls to resist lateral movement of the earthen fill of the bridge approach.
Wikipedia
Vault
Vault may refer to:
- Jumping, the act of propelling oneself upwards
