Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
transversal barrel vault, St-Philibert of Tournus, Western architecture
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Art
Abstract
While Romanesque churches are characterized by a longitudinal barrel vault over the nave, some unusual examples of vaulting from the period. Like an endangered species, St-Philibert of Tournus stands as a monument to these diverse examples. In place of a longitudinal barrel vault, the nave is covered by a series of transversal barrel vaults (fig. 1 & 2). Not only does this research paper seek to place this phoneme in Western architecture and explain its limited repercussions, but it also addresses its unresolved origin.
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Carl A. III
(2014)
"AN EXPLANATION ON THE IMPACT OF THE TRANSVERSAL BARREL VAULT AT ST-PHILIBERT OF TOURNUS,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 416.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/416