A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 565
itch. Theform usually so called is that shown inFig. 22 of the article above, and iu tiieview of the church of S. Roch (which seeunder Church). The Romans never usedsuch vaults, but attempts were made dur-ing the Romanesque period; and the fan Vaulting; Cloisters Gloucester C.4.thedralneoclassic… … c.1450. vl. Constructed as a vault;the supporting member of astone stairca.se, or the like. B. Covered or closed by a vault, as in thephrase a vaulted ai.sle.
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