Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 94
rely absent from importantchurches, and the structural requirements of the Gothicvault were among the most influential of the elementswhich determined both the plan and the section of amediaeval church. There was a regular growth in Gothicvaults. Those of the thirteenth century are… … Fig. 2-.—Roof of Hall at Eltham Palaoe. (15th Century.) consequently more simple in principle than the ones whichpreceded them, but are such marvels of workmanship, andso enriched by an infinity of parts, that they astonish 54 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. the beliolder, and it appears, till the secret is…
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