Lincoln Cathedral: the decagonal chapter house with a star vault of twenty radiating ribs
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Lincoln |
Subject Date | 1200 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Interior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/CAT/318 (ES6992) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Vaulting ; Columns ; Cathedrals |
NOTES: Designed as a decagon with two windows in each bay, this is the earliest of a series of polygonal chapter houses in England. Dating from the early part of the 13th century, the large dome is supported by a massive central pillar, an architectural feature which could be dispensed with in later Gothic chapter houses such as York.
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