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Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1913)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 63

An illustration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture, 1913, leaf 63
, andit is remarkable that they stand perfectly well withoutflying buttresses. The vault of the nave at Laach indeedis tied in with iron from side to side, but I have noticedno sign of weakness elsewhere. France when flyingbuttresses came into fashion ran riot, and could not maketoo much of them ;… … ^ofrjoart^651 door % Fig- 74- were never fashionable, and when there were any theywere if possible hidden under the aisle roofs as they are CH. xviii] GERMAN ROMANESQUE 27 at Winchester. But many of our great vaulted churches Flyinghave none. Gloucester has but two on the south side ofthe nave and…

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