While barrel vaults and groin vaults are typical of Romanesque architecture, ribbed vaults were used in the naves of two Romanesque churches in Caen, Abbey of Saint-Étienne and Abbaye aux Dames in 1120.
Zašiljen lok, tako močno povezan z gotskim slogom, je bil prvi, ki se je uporabljal v zahodni arhitekturi v stavbah, ki so bile sicer jasno romanske, zlasti katedrala v Durhamu na severu Anglije, katedrala Monreale in Cefalù na Siciliji ter katedrala Autun v Franciji.