The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 59
till about the beginning of the fourteenth century. The general adoption of vaulting in keeps arose from the same desireto avoid conflagration. Norman keeps were often floored entirely Avithwood. Sometimes the basement only was vaulted, the other floors beingof wood. But now, Avith the introduction… … Fig. 32.—Tour de Jeanne dArc, Rouen. Other improvements were rapidly introduced during the greatbuilding epoch of the thirteenth century, till at the close of the centurywe reach the point at which the castle and the palace are combined inone. We have seen above that the great enclosing walls of…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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