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Record 1 1999-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

A quadripartite vault with a square base and sides that curve upward toward the center; ...

OBS

... also known as coved vault because of the cove shape of its four sides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

[...] voûte à quatre pans, qui a en général un plan carré; [...]

OBS

[...] elle est dite barlongue ou oblongue si son plan est rectangulaire; en arc-de-cloître à calotte si ses arêtes, marquées à la naissance, s'estompent et disparaissent en montant vers le faîte.

Spanish

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