A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 81
esq\ie vaidting, the transveree arch(see Arc Doubleau) is hardly of use, exceptas an assistant in fixing the centring, but thetimid builders of the time preserved it as al)ossibly needed aid, csi)ccially in the building ARCH of groined vaults. In (iothic vaulting it is therib which crosses the… … Akch : Transvekse Arch. South ni^k- of the abbey <!hurch, VczeLiy; transverse arch dividinf;^ theconii artmelits nr vaulting squares. dinal timbers of the roof. (For this usage, seeillustration to Refeetorj.) Triangular Arch. A. The corbel arch ofthe Maya; so called by Stevens. (See CorbelArch ;…
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