lierne
/lee-urn/US // liˈɜrn //UK // (lɪˈɜːn) //
里尔内,里尔恩,里尔纳
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Architecture.
- : an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
Examples
The vaulting is lierne vaulting, with short ribs, which connect the main ribs together.
Vaulting with intermediate ribs, ridge ribs, and late in the style lierne ribs, and bosses.
To the north of this screen is a rather late Gothic chapel with apse of three sides and lierne vaulting.
The clerestory follows round from the nave, and overhead is the later lierne vault.
It is separated from the Lady Chapel by an open-work screen, which is very beautiful, and has a fine lierne vault.
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