A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 553
Fig. 27 a. Fig. 28. and therefore had no architectural character.The Romans seem to have been the first toadopt it as a visible structure, worthy of orna-mentation, and of recognition for its aestheticvalue. 944 … Fig. 37 (Plan). VAULT A barrel vault usually covers a rectangularspace, but sometimes a triangular, or trape-zoidal. Its axis anil ridge are commonly hori-zontal, but sometimes inclined, as when it coversor Cannes a stair. Figure 4 shows the use ofhalf barrel vaults, over aisles, or triforia,…
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