A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 201
n the roimd andpolygonal churches of tlie early Romancsijue,produced the compound pier, and, where archesmet at right angles, the cruciform pier. Inthe north, and in Italy when the supply ofcolumns that could be got from the Romanbuildings was exhausted, piers were the naturalsupjiorts of the… … ROMANESQUK ARCHITECTtTRE: PiSCINA, KlRK- STALL Abbky, Yorkshire; c. IKiO. the shape B. As the workmen gained skillhalf columns were substituted for the pilasters,and the forms A and B resulted. When [li-lasters or shafts were carried up on the side ofthe uave to receive cross arches or…
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