Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 174
o concentrate all thethrust on isolated points, that is on the piers that dividebay from bay. But the system was not complete, for thebuilders of Vezelay did not understand at first the needof strengthening these points sufficiently to take thisconcentrated thrust: and to their surprise the… … Fig. 93 (V.-le-Duc). I02 FRANCE—BURGUNDY [ch. xxii Vezeiay, Still the Step first taken at Vezelay was a great advanceon previous construction, and led on naturally to thefurther development of vaulting on more scientificprinciples. The choir and transepts of Vezelay were re-built inthe 13th…
