Mabinayan teken kubah barel tenga lingkaran saking wangunan Romawi miwah Romawi, ring dija beban katekan langsung ka beten, miwah ngabutuhang tembok tebel miwah jendela cenik, kubah rusuk Gotik kakarya saking rusuk melengkung diagonal.
Unlike the semi-circular barrel vault of Roman and Romanesque buildings, where the weight pressed directly downward, and required thick walls and small windows, the Gothic rib vault was made of diagonal crossing arched ribs.