Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 366
ro-ject beyond the surface, showing plainly what they were, andthe important function they played in the construction of thevault.1 These ribs thus placed below the under surface of thevault, offered a convenient ledge — a sort of permanent center-ing — on which to rest the vault surface. Beside… … III. 102. — Plan of S. Celso, Milan. (From Dartein) EVOLUTION OF THE RIB VAULT of the old transverse arches. The new construction was there-fore advantageous for both practical and esthetic reasons. In our study of Roman construction we have seen that thegroins of a groin vault were often…
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