fan vaulting
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It boasts the largest single span of vaulted roof anywhere — 2,000 tons of glorious fan vaulting — and the most complete collection of original 16th-century Renaissance stained glass in existence.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2019
Inside the building, intricate fan vaulting is flaking off, damaged by seeping rainwater and leaking pipes.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2017
The fan vaulting of England's Gothic cathedrals, for instance, was influenced by Arab mathematics, as was the Renaissance discovery of perspective.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2010
If we look at one of the soaring pilasters and follow up its lines, we shall see that each of the flutings is prolonged in a rib of the fan vaulting.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
The rich vaulting called fan vaulting previously alluded to, is composed of pendant curved semi-cones, covered with foliated panel-work, which bears some resemblance to a fan spread open.
From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney
