A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 206
the round andpolygonal clunvhes of the early Romanesipie,produced the compound ])ier, and, where archesmet at right angles, the cruciform pier. Inthe north, and in Italy when the sup])ly ofcolumns that eould be got from the Romanbuildings was exhausted, jiiers were the naturalsupports of the… … Romanesque Architecture: Piscina, Kikk-STALL Abbey, Yorkshire ; c. IIBO. the shape B. As the workmen gained skillhalf columns were substituted for the pilasters,and the forms A and B resulted. When pi-lasters or shafts were carried up on the side ofthe nave to receive cross arches or vaultingribs,…
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