vault rib
91Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse — Saint Sernin basilica located in Toulouse, France was built during the Romanesque Period between AD 1080 and 1120. It is located on the site of a previous, 4th century basilica which contained the body of Saint Saturnin or Sernin. He was the… …
92Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture — Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and evolved into the Gothic style during the 12th century. The Romanesque style in England is more traditionally… …
93Saint-Germain Cathedral — St. Germain Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Rimouski (Québec). It is the mother church for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski. The church was raised to the status of cathedral on 15 January 1867 by Jean Langevin, first… …
94ribbedvault — ribbed vault (rĭbd) n. See rib vault. * * * …
95bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …
96Romanesque — /roh meuh nesk /, adj. 1. noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the… …
97technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
98Ogive — O give, n. [F. ogive, OF. augive a pointed arch, LL. augiva a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally. [1913 Webster] …
99Springer — Spring er (spr[i^]ng [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game. [1913 Webster] 2. A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) (a) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and …
100ogive — noun Etymology: Middle English oggif stone comprising an arch, from Middle French augive, ogive diagonal arch Date: 1611 1. a. a diagonal arch or rib across a Gothic vault b. a pointed arch 2. a graph of a cumulative distribution function or a… …
