Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 281
th concave outline, is built up against it. The 1 Parentalia, p. 278. -^ IbiJ-, P- 281. 236 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE dome is kept solid up to the haunch of the inner shell, so thatthis inner shell is abundantly secured, while the outline of theouter shell, from the point where it clears the… … Fig. 135. — Section of Wrens rejected scheme for St. Pauls. inward in the form of a truncated cone, which considerablystrengthens it against any tendency to yield to the force ofthrust in the dome. The scheme was clearly based on the model of St. Peters inRome, to which frequent reference is made…
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