Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 45
between the great ribs and passthrough the lesser ones on each side of the polygon (Figs. 7and 8), while a chain of heavy timbers {a, Fig. 8, and Fig. 9), intwenty-four sections, clamped together at the ends with platesof iron, binds the whole system between the haunch and thespringing. So much of… … Fig. 8 1 A copy of this document is said to have beenpreserved for some time in the archives of the Boardof Works, but it seems to have disappeared subse-quently. It is given, however, by several writers,Vasari and Guasti among them. There are slightdifferences of wording and of measurements…
Architecture, Renaissance
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