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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 409

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ch the subject is treated, contains extremely valuable matter,— has made some remarks which we must introduce at length, or justice would not bedone to them. In the vaulting, lie says, of the aisles of Durham and Canterburycathedrals are to be olserved tlie arcs dnuhleau.r and groined rifis in… … Thai. I. PIERS AND VAULTS. positing of tlie stones of tlie vault between the ribs, which, instead of being parallel to eachside of the plan, as in lloinan groined vaults, take a mean direction between the groinedrib and tlie ril)s of the avclies over tlie sides ; whence they meet at the vertex at…

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