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Transverse arch
Also called doubleau, transverse rib, transverse arches
An arch or rib spanning a vessel at right angles to its axis, dividing the vault into bays.
See also: Wall rib
Rules that use the word
Transverse arches beneath a barrel. Strengthen a barrel-vaulted nave with transverse arches at every bay, springing from shafts on the piers; they stiffen the vault, mark the bays and serve as ribs on which the vault can be built bay by bay.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Vaults, Romanesque and Gothic.
Nearby in the glossary
Trace italienne · Tracery · Transept · Transom · Treillage · Triclinium · Triforium · Triglyph