boveda de medio cañón
English translation: quadrant vault or half-barrel vault
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peer agreement (net): +3| boveda de medio cañón quadrant vault or half-barrel vault Explanation: I found the following definitions: Types and parts of vaulting-an arched masonry structure covering that spans an interior space; in different shapes called by different names; barrel or tunnel vault: a continuous semicircular vault; corbel vault: a vault made by the technique of corbelling; groin or cross vault: a vault created by the intersection of two barrel vaults of equal size; ***quadrant or half-barrel vault: a vault with two diagonally crossed ribs, which creates four side compartments of equal size and shape***; rib vault: a rib vault is found when the joining of curved sides of a groin vault is demarcated by a raised rib. http://puffin.creighton.edu/fapa/aikin/Web-files/ART219 Webf... A quadrant vault is a half-barrel (tunnel) vault. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/V.html Reference: http://puffin.creighton.edu/fapa/aikin/Web-files/ART219%20We... Reference: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/V.html |
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