A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 325
yed, especially on the groins: thesimplest arrangement of them consists of the diagonal orgroin ribs, cross-springers, and the longitudinal and trans-verse ribs at the apex of the main and cross-vaults; butthese two last, in some examples, are omitted. Additionalribs are sometimes introduced… … Westminster Abbey, e. 1260 the diagonal ribs embracing two bays or compartments ofthe cross-vaults, as in the choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Decorated vaults for the most part differ but little fromthose of the preceding style: the longitudinal and trans-verse ribs are occasionally, but not often,…
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