10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAGON VAULT»
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wagon vault in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wagon vault and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
... A ceiling of semicylindrical shape, as a barrel vault. wagon-headed Having a
continuous round arched vault or ceiling, as in barrel vaulting. wagonhead vault
A barrel vault. wagon roof See barrel roof, ). wagon vault A semicylindrical vault;
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2
Architectural & Const. Data
Roman wagon vault Roman wagon vault w/ intersecting vault cross vault Roman
cross-vaults were used throughout Europe till the beginning of the twelfth century,
but they were heavy and difficult to construct and were gradually superseded ...
3
Understanding Buildings a Multidisciplinary Approach
1.17 The arch as enclosure, (a) Dome (b) Wagon vault (c) Groin vault (d) Gothic
ribbed vault The dome is really only an arch rotated on plan (1.17). The Romans
used domes but, moving on to the sixth century, the great Santa Sophia in ...
4
Imperial Conversations: Indo-Britons and the Architecture of ...
251 16 St. George's Church, Madras, side elevation (author's collection) 1 7 Tank
on the Shiva Temple at Chidambaram, showing standard use of barrel vault over
gopuram and wagon vault elsewhere, by Francis Swain Ward, oil on canvas, c.
Shanti Jayewardene-Pillai,
2007
5
The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior Design
At the end of the 18th century, English designers imitated this technique. It was a
forerunner of modern plastic—ground or vinyl—ground wall coverings. See
FLOORCLOTH. wagon vault A semicylindrical vault. See BARREL VAULT.
wagon In ...
6
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
1101 wagon vault, wagonhead vault, see barrel vault. 125 2 see cellar. 3 see
strongroom. vault door, strongroom door; an approved door type reinforced with
steel and concrete and with special locks to meet certain standards of security
and ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi,
2008
7
Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary
... in pipework, a short connecting pipe which is externally threaded at either end,
and which often has a cast nut in between for tightening with a spanner. barrel
vault, cradle vault, cylindrical vault, tunnel vault, wagon vault, wag- onhead vault;
...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi,
2012
8
Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of ...
'The simplest and most ancient kind used over a rectangular area is the
cylindrical, called also a barrel, and sometimes wagon vault; this springs from the
two opposite walls, and presents a uniform concave surface throughout its whole
length.
Alexandrina Buchanan,
2013
9
Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales
It is also sometimes referred to as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault (because it is a
bit like the canvas top of a covered wagon). Basement: The lowest level of a
building at ground level or below ground level that is the base for the main floors
...
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Akron Churches:: Early Architecture
apse: The semicircular or polygonal section of the sanctuary. Generally used in
Romanesque, Byzantine, and Gothic cathedral and church architecture, barrel
vault: The simplest form of a vault. Also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault,
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