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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 222

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^: -i Flying Buttresses, Fotlieringliay, Nortliants, A.D. 1435. In this excellent example it will at once be seenthat the upper end of each of the arch-buttresses mustcatch the lower end of the timbers of the roof, and soconveys the pressure to the outer wall, where againthe weight of the vertical…

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