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.
A war n imos tijittawt takrambayat n ideyan win Roman id Romanesque s edag wan azuk net ehal sider, tolas azzilzam ibilɣan sadednen id fanetir tan madroynen, tijittawt tan Gothic tijja s tijittawt tikiyat fal tišangay.