The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 116
roofs con-structed of large horizontal stones, asinvolving immense labour and diffi-culty in transport and manipulation.They accordingly adopted the vault,which enabled them to use largequantities of small stones. The profile of a vault may be semi-circular; or it may be a pointed arch,that is to… … 97 FIG. 162.—CHEVET OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS. the vital principle of Romanesquearchitecture, the pointed arch that ofGothic architecture. These two types differ not merelyin form, but in construction. Thereare two kinds of vaults: the barrelvault, a hollow demi-cylinder withor without arcs-doubleaux;…
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