A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 419
ol of architecture. In the Norman style cylindrical or barrel vaulting, as well asgroined vaulting is used; the former of these is either perfectlydevoid of ornament, as in thechapel in the White Tower ofLondon, or has plain and mas-sive ribs (Fr. Arcs doubleaux) at | intervals,following the… … ^ When both the arches of a groinedvault are semicircular and of the samespan, so that each bay covers an exactsquare, it is called Roman vaulting. Seefig. 1, Plate 142. f When the side arches do not rise tothe same height as the main arch theyare called Welsh arcJies, see fig. 6, Plate 142. When…
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