A separating arch is an arch, which, as arcade, separates the nave of a church from the side aisle,Günther Wasmuth (ed.): Wasmuths Lexikon der Baukunst, vol. 4: P - Zyp. Wasmuth, Berlin 1932, . or an arch between two adjacent side aisles.: Baustilkunde - Europäische Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Sonderausgabe, Orbis Verlag, München 1988, , . It is found mainly in hall churches.Art. Scheidbogen. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition. 2005, . A separating arch can be replaced constructively or decoratively emphasised by a .Art. Scheidbogenrippe. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2005, . In this case one speaks - instead of an arcade arch - also of a separating arch.Dieter Kimpel, Robert Suckale: Die gothische Architektur in Frankreich, 1130-1270. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1985, .
Separating arches as elements of vaults and wall division Separating arches delimit a bay in the longitudinal direction.Art. Vault. In: Nikolaus Pevsner, Hugh Honour, John Fleming: Encyclopedia of World Architecture. 2nd, expanded ed. 1987, , , here . A pair of transverse arches and a pair of separating arches result in a vault.Günther Binding: Architektonische Formenlehre. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 4th, revised and supplemented ed. 1998, . 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.Art. Gewölbefeld. In Hans Koepf, Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2005, .
A wall supported by a separating arch is called a separating wall.Wilfried Koch: Baustilkunde. Prestel, Munich, 32nd edition 2014, , .
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Further reading Art. Scheidbogen. In , Günther Binding: Bildwörterbuch der Architektur (. Vol. 194). 4th revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, , . Scheidbogen. In Hans-Joachim Kadatz: Wörterbuch der Architektur, Seemann, Leipzig, 2nd edition 1988, , . Scheidbogen. In Wilfried Koch: Baustilkunde. Europäische Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Mosaik-Verlag, München 1982, , .