A separating arch is an arch, which, as arcade, separates the nave of a church from the side aisle, or an arch between two adjacent side aisles. It is found mainly in hall churches. A separating arch can be replaced constructively or emphasised decoratively by a vault rib [de]. In this case one speaks - instead of a Scheidbogen - also of a Scheidrippe.
Separating arches as elements of vaults and wall division
Separating arches delimit a bay in the longitudinal direction. A pair of transverse arches and a pair of separating arches result in a vault. 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.
A wall supported by separating arch is called a separating wall.
References
- Günther Wasmuth (ed.): Wasmuths Lexikon der Baukunst, vol. 4: P - Zyp. Wasmuth, Berlin 1932, p. 293.
- Wilfried Koch [de]: Baustilkunde - Europäische Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Sonderausgabe, Orbis Verlag, München 1988, ISBN 3-572-05927-5, p. 447.
- Art. Scheidbogen. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition. 2005, p. 411.
- Art. Scheidbogenrippe. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2005, p. 411.
- Dieter Kimpel, Robert Suckale: Die gothische Architektur in Frankreich, 1130-1270. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1985, p. 24.
- Art. Vault. In: Nikolaus Pevsner, Hugh Honour, John Fleming: Encyclopedia of World Architecture. 2nd, expanded ed. 1987, ISBN 3-7913-0652-9, pp. 230–232, here p. 231.
- Günther Binding: Architektonische Formenlehre. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 4th, revised and supplemented ed. 1998, p. 122.
- Art. Gewölbefeld. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2005, p. 213.
- Wilfried Koch: Baustilkunde. Prestel, Munich, 32nd edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-7913-4997-8, p. 159.
Further reading
- Art. Scheidbogen. In Hans Koepf [de], Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur (Kröners Taschenausgabe [de]. Vol. 194). 4th revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-19404-X, p. 411.
- Scheidbogen. In Hans-Joachim Kadatz: Wörterbuch der Architektur, Seemann, Leipzig, 2nd edition 1988, ISBN 3-363-00393-5, p. 237.
- Scheidbogen. In Wilfried Koch: Baustilkunde. Europäische Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Mosaik-Verlag, München 1982, ISBN 3-570-06234-1, p. 447.
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