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In architecture, a sexpartite vault is a rib vault divided into six bays by two diagonal ribs and three transverse ribs. The principal examples are those...

Cathedral (1150s–1230) Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio (12th century) In sexpartite vaulting, each bay was divided by thin stone ribs into six compartments. The...

and between the transverse ribs. This resulted in what is known as a sexpartite, or six-celled vault, of which one of the earliest examples is found in...

added in the 13th century. The interior vaulting shows a similar progression, beginning with early sexpartite vaulting (using circular ribs) in the nave and...

near the organ) incorporates sexpartite vaulting, while the ceiling in the transepts incorporates quadripartite vaulting. Vertically, Laon Cathedral is...

columns in the chevet and choir, converting the vaulting from quadripartite vaulting to sexpartite vaulting. The transept was built from 1500 to 1548. In...

was explicitly stated that eight columns should be used to support sexpartite vaulting according to the pattern of the church of Sts. Jiljí in Milevsko...

church in Tickencote, Rutland. Apart from the chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel, which are Norman and date from the mid 12th century...

Christi. The interior of the church is notable for the extensive sexpartite vaulting. The pulpit and font were both designed by Glaswegian sculptor, William...

St Peter's is known for its massive Norman chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel. The building was rebuilt in 1792 at the expense of...

without cement. (National Museum of French Monuments, Paris) An early sexpartite rib vault drawn by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Rib vaults of Durham Cathedral...

lower gallery and in the vaults of the nave and aisles. The vaulting was originally sexpartite, but were rebuilt after a fire in 1293 in the prevailing quadripartite...

ribs) and a sexpartite rib vault (a rib vault whose surface is divided into six sections by three ribs). Sail vault – See Dome Sexpartite vault – A Rib...

which spring plain vaulting ribs, which flow from the shafts as palm-branches do from the trunk. The vaulting is good sexpartite. Between the two aisles...

house built in the late 19th century. The cellar has two bays of sexpartite vaulting, with chamfered ribs and bosses, one carved with a mask. The public...

Arch-buttresses, so we call the sloping Arches that poise the higher Vaultings of the Nave. The Romans always concealed their Butments, whereas the Normans...

Chapel has vaults that stem from one central support column. The use of sexpartite vaults allowed for more natural light to enter the cathedral through the...

to the right of the recess. The vaulting is unusual in being octpartite, a development of the more common sexpartite. The Pilgrim Door is now the main...

elevation (arcade, gallery and triforium), topped by a typical early-Gothic sexpartite vault, the vault responds resting on alternating compound and columnar...

enlargement and extensive modifications into the Rayonnant style. The old sexpartite rib vaults vaults in the nave were replaced by the simpler and stronger...