Though the buildings are roughly contemporary in their dates of origin and completion, the quadripartite vaulting at St. Etienne might indicate that the ceiling was completed later than that of Notre-Dame de Chartres, which has sexpartite vaulting.

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Bryson

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9 March, 13:43

Though the buildings are roughly contemporary in their dates of origin and completion, the quadripartite vaulting at St. Etienne might indicate that the ceiling was completed later than that of Notre-Dame de Chartres, which has sexpartite vaulting.

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Winston Kaufman · Answer 1

This might actually be true because page 217 of the book says sexpartiterib vaults were a characteristics of Romanesque architecture. I agree that its true, the quadripartite vaulting came after sexpartite vaulting.

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