Brown, J. Wood (James Wood) · New York, E.P. Dutton and company · leaf 356
one could reach the same vertex whenraised over the shorter sides of the original oblong. It is betterto consider them as vaults of projection where the original semi-cylinder that begins to roof the nave grows forward over the bay,but turns as it grows, course by course, from the lowest… … BADIA A SETTIMO 337 cross bay. This turning movement of the vaulting courses hasonly to be repeated along the further groin under the new condi-tions imposed by the last element, the breadth of the aisle, and lo,the whole church is roofed, the nave by the combination of semi-circular and pointed…
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