Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 293
eradical violation of architectural veracity is found in the man-ner in which the buttress system is concealed. The thrusts ofthe nave vaulting are met by a series of flying buttresses car-ried over the aisle roof in Gothic fashion (Fig. 139). But itwould not do to have flying buttresses appear in… … Fig. 138. — Crossing pier andimpost, St. Pauls. XIV THE RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND 245 the drum, and looking down finds the space between the clerestoryand outer wall open to the sky, that he discovers the buttressesthere, and realizes the deceitful character of the architecturalscheme. Perhaps this…
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