The construction of Lombard and Gothic vaults (1911)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven : Yale university press; [etc., etc.] · leaf 68
ht of the vaults was to beconcentrated on the alternate piers, these had to be made unduly heavy, and theintermediate piers, even though lightened, failed to receive all the charge theywere capable of carrying. Such a lack of economy was repellent to the logicalspirit of the French builders. To… … Fig. 58. S. Pancrazio, Cometo-Tarquinia, i,Uoma). Vault of Nave.
