Separating arch

[3] A separating arch can be replaced constructively or emphasised decoratively by a vault rib [de].

[4] In this case one speaks - instead of a Scheidbogen - also of a Scheidrippe.

[5] Separating arches delimit a bay in the longitudinal direction.

[7] With the belt arches as well as the pillars or columns at the four corners, the segmental arches form a vault field as the basic element of a vault.

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