A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 226
Rear-vault, the small rault which is interposed betweenthe tracery or glass of a window, and the inner face of the … St. Michaels, Oxford. wall. It is only employed when the wall is thick, andthe glass placed nearer to the ou ter face of the wall thanto the inner; and it is usually bounded on the inside bya rib, which either abuts against the splay of the jambs,or else rests upon corbels or shafts fixed against…
