vaulting rib

Then, the windows were placed and the vaulting ribs were dressed.

There are decorative carved faces along the cloister where the vaulting ribs emerge from the walls.

The 15th century portico has three arches, the two outer being pointed, supported by four columns, and vaulting ribs.

Inside, the vaulting ribs in the ceiling are modelled on those of its Gothic predecessor and the large side windows give the church a lot of natural light.

Oddly, the carving is askew to the central vaulting rib, a flaw in the original block of stone may have forced the mason to re-set out his design accordingly.

These shafts have no capitals; they run up into a horizontal fillet, from which spring plain vaulting ribs, which flow from the shafts as palm-branches do from the trunk.

The vault compartments are all painted with lapis lazuli dotted with gold stars, and the vaulting ribs are emphasised with bands of geometric decoration predominantly in red, white and gold.

They stepped out onto the top of the ramp to find themselves in what appeared to be a vast cathedral of arched metal vaulting ribs, formed by the sweeping curves of the undersides of the Shapieron's tail fins, soaring upward and inward to meet the body of the ship high above their heads.