See also:

• RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)  , in See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy, the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary meaning, one of the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of elastic arched bones (costae) which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the casing or framework of the See also:

• THORAX (Gr. BWpaE, breastplate, also the part of the body covered by it)

thorax (see See also:

• SKELETON

SKELETON: Axial) . The word is in meaning transferred to many See also:

• OBJECTS

objects resembling a See also:

• RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

rib in shape or See also:

• FUNCTION

function . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, it is thus used of the See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone which in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• WORK

work constitute the skeleton of the vault, and carry the See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell or See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web . Although in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman vault the rib played an important See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in its construction, it was generally hidden in the thickness of the vault and was made subservient to its geometrical surfaces . The See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic masons, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, reversed the See also:

• PROCESS

process, and not only made the vaulting See also:

• SURFACE

surface ' subservient to the rib, but by See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings rendered the latter a highly decorative feature . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal ribs are the transverse (arc doubleau), the See also:

• DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal (arc See also:

• OGIVE (a French term, of which the origin is obscure; auge, trough, from Lat. augere, to increase, and an Arabic astrological word for the " highest point." have been suggested as derivations)

ogive) and the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall rib (See also:

• FORMERET

formeret) . Those of less importance are the intermediate, the See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge and lierne ribs . The ridge-rib is one first introduced into the vault to resist the thrust of the intermediate ribs between the wall and diagonal ribs; it also served to See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark the junction of the filling-in or web of vaults in those cases where the courses dipped toward the diagonal rib . (See VAULT.) A lierne rib (the See also:

• TERM

term is borrowed from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French) is 'a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short rib, introduced into the vaulting in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Perpendicular See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, which coupled together the transverse and intermediate ribs; in the later period the " lierne " rib becomes one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief features of the " stella " vault (see further VAULT) .