Viggen Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Architectural historians have long credited the Romans with inventing the aboveground barrel vault, but a recent discovery at the site of Morgantina shows that the innovation goes back to the third century B.C. and may have originated in Hellenistic Sicily. full article with image at Archaeology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romulus Sicanus Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 More accurate to state the the Sicilians invented the barrel vault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 More accurate to state the the Sicilians invented the barrel vault. Now thats a necro post. :mummy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Link doesen't seem to work. What the heck is a barrel vault anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 World Record Necro post. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurius Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Link doesen't seem to work. What the heck is a barrel vault anyway? Here's a Necro-Link to the article. A barrel vault? Here's another link (but for the living this time...) to explain. It's a kid link, but it has good pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 (edited) Oh silly me. I've heard of these before, just never heard of them as "barrel" vaults. If you didn't read the article, a barrel vault, or more commonly known as a vaulted ceiling, is just a series of arches placed one after the other to make a ceiling/room. Edited August 17, 2006 by Antiochus of Seleucia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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