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A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. The initiation and propagation of this design element is strongly associated with England. The earliest example, dating from about the year 1351,〔(Brittania: Architecture of Gloucester Cathedral )〕 may be seen in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral.〔(Pevsner Architectural Guides fan vault design )〕 The largest fan vault in the world can be found in the chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The fan vault is peculiar to England. The lierne vault of the cathedral of Barbastro in Spain closely resembles a fan vault, but it does not form a perfect conoid. Harvey (1978) suggests Catherine of Aragon as a possible source of English influence in Aragon.〔 ==Birth of the fan vault== The fan vault is attributed to development in Gloucester between 1351 and 1377,〔 〕 with the earliest known surviving example being the east cloister walk of Gloucester Cathedral.〔David Verey, ''Gloucestershire'', Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (1976)〕 Harvey (1978) hypothesises that the east cloister at Gloucester was finished under Thomas de Cambridge (Thomas de Cantebrugge) from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, who left in 1364 to work on the chapter house at Hereford Cathedral (also thought to have been fan vaulted on the basis of a drawing by William Stukeley).〔 〕 The other three parts of the cloister at Gloucester were begun in 1381, possibly under Robert Lesyngham. Other examples of early fan vaults exist around Gloucester, implying the activity of several 14th century master masons in this region, who really created the fan vault and experimented with forms of its early use. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「fan vault」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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