Unit 5B Barrel and Groin Vaults



WOODEN
ROOF

01-Rome-Sta Sabina 
EARLY CHRISTIAN

02-Rome-Sta Maria Maggiore 
EARLY CHRISTIAN

03-St-Philibert-de-Grandlieu
CAROLINGIAN

04-Gernrode 
OTTONIAN

05-Monreale 
ROMANESQUE
BARREL VAULT

06-barrel 

07-Rome, Basilica of Maxentius
ROMAN

08-Basilica of Maxentius 

09-Basilica of Maxentius (reconstruction) 

10-GROIN VAULT
GROIN VAULT

11-St-Martin-du-Canigou
ROMANESQUE

12-transverse arches 

13-Sta Maria de Naranco 
CAROLINGIAN

14-Sta Maria de Naranco
(note exterior buttresses)

15-St-Benoît-sur-Loire ROMENESQUE
TRANSVERSE BARREL VAULT

16-Tournus nave 
ROMANESQUE
 

17-Tournus
(note groin-vaulted aisles)

18-groin vault diagram 

19-Tournus-Plan 

20 
BARREL- VAULTED MAJOR SPACE, GROIN-VAULTED MINOR SPACE, QUADRANT VAULTS in GALLERY as BUTTRESSING, 

21-Toulouse-St-Sernin 
ROMANESQUE

22-Toulouse-St-Sernin 

23-Toulouse-St-Sernin 

24-Toulouse-St-Sernin-aisle 

25-Toulouse-Saint Sernin 
GROIN VAULTS

26-Ravenna-Mausoleum of Theodoric
EARLY CHRISTIAN

27-Ravenna-San Vitale, ambulatory 
EARLY CHRISTIAN

28-SVitale-Plan 

29-SVitale int 
dome on squinches

30 
GROIN VAULTS

31-Speyer-crypt plan 
OTTONIAN/ROMANESQUE

32-Speyer-crypt 
groin vaults

33-Speyer-nave
GROIN VAULTS

34-Speyer-aisle 
GROIN VAULTS

35-Vezelay-nave
GROIN VAULTS
ROMANESQUE

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