Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-, Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. illus · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company · leaf 134
ill-planned Roman arch, so poor isits ogival or pointed shape; but yet the bridge, as theBrangwyn sketch bears witness, shows how an effort wasmade to free craftsmen from the convention of semicircularvaults. If we connect it with the age of Charlemagne wemay argue thus: Perhaps the masons were… … ■/ o THE STUDY OF BRIDGES AND ROADS 93 from drawings. East and West were united then as theywere in much earlier times, so that information from eachmust have been conveyed to the other. On the other hand,if we guess that the first bridge at Espalion was rebuilt inthe twelfth century or in the…
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