Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 37
ns of form (the dome being in some cases 12 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE chap. polygonal on plan, as at Aachen, and in some cases hemi-spherical) found in most other mediaeval domes, and the timberroof over all is likewise common. But in a few cases a differ-ent scheme was adopted in which the… … Fig. 3. — Dome of Pisa. insecure except in so far as it may have a form that is self-sustaining as to thrusts (which removes it from the true domeshape), or may be secured by some kind of binding chain.^An example of such a dome occurs on a small scale over thecrossing of the cathedral of Pisa…
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