Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 68
eater effect with infinitely less labour. A slender obliquestruteasilyneutralises a lateral thrust which the thickest wall could hardly resist. The flying buttress is an element as flexible as the intersecting arch; its strength is readilv multiplied; it was the flying buttress alone which made it… … FIG. 94.—THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. tion to Its elevation, but to rectify thisit is only necessary to give the flyingbuttress its point of support on a moredistant abutment. The Gothic organ-ism was now complete; here again thearchitect had disengaged vigorous andelastic members from the wall whichhad…
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