English language
Toggle Transcript
fan vaulting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | vaulting |
Examples of fan vaulting
fan vaulting
The roof of King's College Chapel in Cambridge has 2,000 tons of incredible fan vaulting.
From the sfgate.com
The cloisters have the earliest example of fan-vaulting.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The gate house has a Perp portal and canted Gothic oriel windows, with fan vaulting in the entrance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The doors date from 1665-6, and the fan vaulting above was constructed by William Swayne, the master mason of King's College Chapel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Fan vaulting is peculiar to England, the only example approaching it in France being the pendant of the Lady-chapel at Caudebec, in Normandy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The work included the installation of fan vaulting in the nave, which was not merely a fanciful aesthetic addition but a completion of the original design.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Expanding in a cultural direction, I might have added the change ringing of church bells, Prime Minister's Question Time, ancient oak trees, fan-vaulting and potted shrimps.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This was the development of fan vaulting, first used in about 1370 in the cloisters at Gloucester, then in the retrochoir at Peterborough in the early 15th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
