Glossary · Q
Quadrant vault
Also called half-barrel
A half-barrel vault, quarter-circle in section, often used over galleries to buttress a higher barrel vault.
See also: Gallery
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Romanesque and Gothic.
Nearby in the glossary
Pylon · Pyramid · Pyramidion · Qibla · Quadratura · Quadripartite vault · Quincunx · Quinto acuto