Editing Lincoln Cathedral (section)

=== Vaults ===
[[File:"Crazy vaults" at Lincoln cathedral quire.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Lincoln Cathedral "crazy vaults"]]
One major architectural features of Lincoln Cathedral are the [[Vault (architecture)|vaults]]. The varying vaults within the cathedral are said to be both original and experimental. They demonstrate the experimental aspect seen at Lincoln. The vaults differ between the nave, aisles, choir, and chapels. Along the North Aisle there is a continuous ridge rib with a regular arcade that ignores the bays. In the South Aisle there is a discontinuous ridge rib that puts an emphasis on each bay. The North West Chapel has quadripartite vaults and the South Chapel has vaults that stem from one central support column. The use of [[sexpartite vault]]s allowed for more natural light to enter the cathedral through the clerestory windows, which were placed inside of each bay.

Saint Hugh's Choir exhibits a series of asymmetrical vaults that appear to almost be a diagonal line created by two ribs on one side translating into only a single rib on the other side of the vault. This pattern divides the space of the vaults and bays, placing the emphasis on the bays.

The chapter house is a [[decagon]]al building with a single, central column from which twenty ribs rise producing unusual vaulting.

Each area of Lincoln can be identified solely by the different vaults of the space. Each vault, or each variation of the vault, is unique. The vaults are attributed to French-Normand master mason [[Geoffrey de Noiers]].<ref name="oda527">{{cite book |last1=Curl |first1=James Stevens |last2=Wilson |first2=Susan |title=Oxford Dictionary of Architecture |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-967499-2 |page=527}}</ref><ref name="acland1">{{cite book |last1=Acland |first1=James H. |title=Medieval Structure: The Gothic Vault |date=1972 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-1886-6 |pages=134–135}}</ref> de Noiers was succeeded by [[Alexander the Mason]], who developed the nave's more elaborate, but symmetrical [[Lierne (vault)|tierceron vaulting]], the crossing vaulting, Galilee Porch and western facade screen.<ref name="oda16">{{cite book |last1=Curl |first1=James Stevens |last2=Wilson |first2=Susan |title=Oxford Dictionary of Architecture |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-967499-2 |page=16}}</ref><ref name="acland2">{{cite book |last1=Acland |first1=James H. |title=Medieval Structure: The Gothic Vault |date=1972 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-1886-6 |page=135}}</ref>

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File:Vault of Angel Choir.jpg|Vault of Angel Choir
File:Crossing of Secondary transept.jpg|Crossing of Secondary transept
File:Vault of Entrance to Chapter House.jpg|Vault of Entrance to Chapter House
File:Vault of Secondary Transept.jpg|Vault of Secondary Transept
File:Vault of Main Transepts.jpg|Vault of Main Transepts
File:Vault of Nave - Lincoln Cathedral.jpg|Vault of Nave
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