London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 85
e reason of their being ofso very high a pitch has never been satisfactorily explained.The boldness of the architects who constructed Gothic archesresting on slender pillars, excites surprise; but these roofs,which date from about the same period, are still more astonish-ing. The present mode of… … nearly resembling that of the church at Kraschen. The beams are30 ft. or 40 ft. long, and without support, either from above orbelow. Over the middle of these beams there usually lies asupporting beam (Tragerbalken), which is not fixed to the beamsby iron screws, or fastenings of any kind; and…
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