groin-ribs

Updated: June 5, 2025

All the eight ribs that rise from each pillar resemble the groin-ribs in the crypt. The arcade against the north wall is continued in the vestry, and it has been thought that it is Norman, and that its arches were once open. But had this ever been the case the piers would surely have been narrower, and would have had capitals.

Cecil Walter Charles Hallett - Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon: A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric