Rib vault of the nave, looking east. San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, Italy.
Credit: Holly Hayes.
Interior view of the nave and starry vault, looking west to the entrance, late 13th century. Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy.
Credit: Holly Hayes.
Nave vault, looking east. 13th century. Duomo, Siena, Italy.
Credit: Holly Hayes.
A lofty view of the beautiful interior of Gloucester Cathedral, looking east. The massive Norman pillars (32 feet high and 6 feet in diameter) and typically Norman zigzag arches of the nave have been left untouched since their completion in the late 11th century...
Credit: Holly Hayes.
Nave looking east to the elevated choir and shrine of the Holy Robe.
Credit: Holly Hayes.
Vault of the Early English Gothic nave, looking west, c.1225-55. Salisbury Cathedral. Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Credit: Holly Hayes.
Vault of the early Gothic upper church of the Basilica di San Francesco, looking east towards the entrance. The frescoes of the nave were painted by Giotto around 1285.
Credit: David Joyal.
