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 629
test period of rib-vaulting. Thissystem is shown in fig. (iGiid. The junction of the solid mass L to N with the clearstorywall, is bounded by parallel vertical lines D, and this mass is always built of solidmasonry bonded into the wall and forming part of it; the French name for this block… … coiiiiocted by vaults of a light material. Tlie dcconitive construction, however, of the vault, cxiiibiistlie rib and panel from the abacus L, upwards. Tlie point N is commonly at abont : half tiie vertical hei<^ht of the arch, iind is not J necessarily guided by the impost of any clear- siory…
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