volta de creueria estrellada
English translation: stellar vault / star-shaped groined vault
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|  Selected response from: Andrés Martínez Spain Local time: 07:32 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1stellar vault / star-shaped groined vault Explanation: volta de creueria = groined or ribbed vault. A stellar vault is one with the ribs, liernes and tiercerons arranged in a star-shaped pattern. (Penguin dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) You can find another response in kudoz for the spanish term "bóveda de crucería estrellada" that resolved it as "star shaped groined vault" but I think "stellar vault" is more common. http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=195118 |
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just for reference purposes Explanation: I agree with Urico's stellar vault - but just wanted to post these references I found - I was interested in the term so investigated a bit. There are a few diagrams in these sites. HTH Sheila http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?Document=2.... The glossary Rib-vault Glossary A-ZGlossary terms A vault with a masonry framework of intersecting arches (ribs) supporting cells, used in Gothic and late Norman architecture. A wall rib or wall arch spans between wall and cell vault. A transverse rib spans between two walls to divide a vault into bays. In a quadripartite rib-vault, each bay has two pairs of diagonal ribs dividing the vault into four triangular cells. A sexpartite rib-vault, usually set over paired bays, has an extra pair of ribs springing from between the bays. More elaborate vaults may include ridge-ribs along the crown of a vault or bisecting the bays; tiercerons, extra decorative ribs springing from the corners of a bay; and liernes, short decorative ribs in the crown of a vault, not linked to any springing point. A stellar or star-vault has liernes in star formation. A fan-vault is a form of vault used after c. 1350, made up of halved concave masonry cones decorated with blind tracery. With liernes (short decorative ribs not linked to any springing point) in star formation. Also called a stellar vault. http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?Document=2.... http://www.uib.es/secc6/slg/gt/term_imatges/art/68.html Picture of a volta de creueria http://www.uib.es/secc6/slg/gt/term_imatges/art/71.html Picture of a volta estrellada |
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