Separating arch

thumb|upright|{{center|A separative arch in the {{Ill|Kirche St. Zeno (Bad Reichenhall)|de|3=Kirche St. Zeno (Bad Reichenhall)|lt=St. Zeno church}} after the 1518–1520 gothicisation }}

A '''separating arch''' is an arch, which, as arcade, separates the nave of a church from the side aisle,<ref>Günther Wasmuth (ed.): ''Wasmuths Lexikon der Baukunst'', vol. 4: ''P - Zyp''. Wasmuth, Berlin 1932, {{p.|293}}.</ref> or an arch between two adjacent side aisles.<ref>{{Ill|Wilfried Koch|de}}: ''Baustilkunde - Europäische Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Sonderausgabe, Orbis Verlag, München 1988, {{ISBN|3-572-05927-5}}, {{p.|447}}.</ref> It is found mainly in hall churches.<ref>Art. ''Scheidbogen''. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: ''Bildwörterbuch der Architektur''. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition. 2005, {{p.|411}}.</ref> A separating arch can be replaced constructively or decoratively emphasised by a {{Ill|Rib vault|de|3=Gewölberippe|lt=vault rib}}.<ref>Art. ''Scheidbogenrippe''. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: ''Bildwörterbuch der Architektur''. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2005, {{p.|411}}.</ref> In this case one speaks - instead of an ''arcade arch'' - also of a ''separating arch''.<ref>Dieter Kimpel, Robert Suckale: ''Die gothische Architektur in Frankreich, 1130-1270''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1985, {{p.|24}}.</ref>

== Separating arches as elements of vaults and wall division == Separating arches delimit a bay in the longitudinal direction.<ref>Art. ''Vault''. In: Nikolaus Pevsner, Hugh Honour, John Fleming: ''Encyclopedia of World Architecture''. 2nd, expanded ed. 1987, {{ISBN|3-7913-0652-9}}, {{pp.|230|232}}, here {{p.|231}}.</ref> A pair of transverse arches and a pair of separating arches result in a vault.<ref>Günther Binding: ''Architektonische Formenlehre''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 4th, revised and supplemented ed. 1998, {{p.|122}}.</ref> With the belt arches as well as the pillars or columns at the four corners, the segmental arches form a vault field as the basic element of a vault.<ref>Art. ''Gewölbefeld''. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2005, {{p.|213}}.</ref>

A wall supported by a separating arch is called a separating wall.<ref>Wilfried Koch: ''Baustilkunde''. Prestel, Munich, 32nd edition 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-7913-4997-8}}, {{p.|159}}.</ref>

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== Further reading == * Art. ''Scheidbogen''. In {{Ill|Hans Koepf|de}}, Günther Binding: ''Bildwörterbuch der Architektur'' (''{{Ill|Kröners Taschenausgabe|de}}.'' Vol. 194). 4th revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, {{ISBN|3-520-19404-X}}, {{p.|411}}. * ''Scheidbogen''. In Hans-Joachim Kadatz: ''Wörterbuch der Architektur'', Seemann, Leipzig, 2nd edition 1988, {{ISBN|3-363-00393-5}}, {{p.|237}}. * ''Scheidbogen''. In Wilfried Koch: ''Baustilkunde. Europäische Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Mosaik-Verlag, München 1982, {{ISBN|3-570-06234-1}}, {{p.|447}}.

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