Separating arch
Separating arch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A separating arch is an arch, which, as arcade, separates the nave of a church from the side aisle,[1] or an arch between two adjacent side aisles.[2] It is found mainly in hall churches.[3] A separating arch can be replaced constructively or emphasised decoratively by a vault rib [de].[4] In this case one speaks - instead of a Scheidbogen - also of a Scheidrippe.[5]