An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 359
so; and thirdly, the regular groined roof. Of the first kind are those magnificent timber roofs, ofwhich Westminster Hall is one of the finest specimens. Thebeams, technically called principals, are here made into a sortof trefoil arch, and the interstices of the framing filled withpierced… … Roof, Truncli, Iforfolli, c 1500. Oxford, and many others; this roof is not often found inchurches. The second is common in churches, and is the Perpendicu-lar ordinary style of ceiling, rich, though easily constructed ;a rib crossed above the pier, with a small flat arch, and thiswas crossed by…
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