An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1070
KING S COLI-rCE CHAPEI. : PIERS. Fig 1312. seen at home or abroad, wherein I have not observed the pillars to yield and bend inwardsfrom the weight of the vault of the aisle ; but this defect is the most conspicuous upon theangular pillars of the cross, for there not only the vault wants butment,… … KING S COLLEGE CHAPEL: BUTTRESSES, ETC. angular arches that rest upon that pillar, and there.bre both con.spire to thrust it niwardstowards the centre of the cross. At Kings College chapel, flying buttresses are dispensed with, and hajipily theknowledge of construction had arrived at such…
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