Evans (X) Apr 4, 2011:

I think the English use of "groin" in groin vault and the Spanish use of "ingle" here are rather different. The part of the vault referred to by groin in English is the rib itself that runs between the faces of the vault, and has nothing to do with the springer. So to assume that "ingle" here refers to a different part of the groin vault just because the two words are equivalent in another context is probably chasing a red herring.

Altogringo Apr 1, 2011:

Hope I'm not complicating things But look at the image here for groin vaults (under G):
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM
Could the pieces jutting out at the join where the columns from the floor meet the base of the arches be sillares? I could see that join being called the ingles as Adriana says and also applying to portales and other pieces.
I'm certainly not sure of this, just though I'd see what other people thought with the visual example.

Evans (X) Apr 1, 2011:

A groin or groined vault (a type of ribbed vault) in Spanish is a bóveda de crucería. Ingle means groin in the anatomical sense, but I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with a groined vault in architecture.

Alexandra Sawyer (asker) Apr 1, 2011:

Gracias Adriana, creo que podrias tener toda la razon del mundo. Al final será mas facil de lo que pensaba. Gracias

Alexandra Sawyer (asker) Apr 1, 2011:

Thank you so much for your help!