A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 219
which has within the appearance of a BarrelVault ; a ceiling of nearly semicircular section. Compass Roof ; Compass-headed Roof.(See Lradle Hoof below; also Compass (II).) Coupled Roof. A ridged or double pitched,roof of the simplest construction, often without … Roof: FL.VT,.is used in nearly rainless Regions; Douma, Syria. See First Cut under Syria. Roman roofs had a slope of from 22° to 23^^° ;Romanesque roofs followed closely the Romanslope ; the Gothic pitch was much steeper, some-times reaching 50° or even 60°. In the Renais-sance era there was in…
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