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The 15 pages that link to Rib vault, each with the reason it gives.

• Gothic architectureBroader topic: Ribs concentrated vault loads and made complex ceilings possible.

• Flying buttressRelated: Rib vaults concentrate roof loads at points where flying buttresses can resist their outward thrust.

• Gothic Revival architectureRelated: Revival architects used ribbed ceilings to evoke medieval church interiors.

• Eugène Viollet-le-DucBroader topic: His studies of Gothic vaulting informed his account of how medieval structures carried loads.

• Gothic RevivalBroader topic: Revival architects reused its structural pattern and expressive ceiling lines.

• Norman architectureBroader topic: Early rib vaults at Durham show Norman experimentation with stone roofing.

• Chartres CathedralRelated: The cathedral’s rib vaults helped builders cover its broad, lofty interior.

• Pointed archRelated: Pointed arches commonly form the ribs that define Gothic vaults.

• Basilica of Saint-DenisRelated: Rib vaults helped carry the elevated nave ceilings of the rebuilt church.

• Church architectureBroader topic: Its framework helped builders cover complex church spaces with less continuous masonry.

• Medieval architectureBroader topic: It organized ceilings into structural bays and enabled more varied vault shapes.

• Milan CathedralBroader topic: Ribbed vaulting structures the cathedral’s lofty interior bays.

• Île-de-FranceBroader topic: Rib vaults helped builders in the region cover church interiors with increasingly ambitious stone ceilings.

• SugerRelated: Rib vaulting helped span the rebuilt choir while leaving room for larger windows.

• Medieval technologyBroader topic: Rib vaults helped builders span complex interiors with stone ceilings.