A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 395
of the Empire, however, theinterior seemed of equal importance with the650 STONE CUTTING exterior, ami the airh is in loiitinual use, bothsiiiirly, !is iu a wall, and as extemleil to thevault over a large ajiartnuiit. Figure 6 showsone of the few Roman vaults whii-h, out ofSyriii, are known to have… … ^; Fu;. ,S: French Gothic Work of thk Kest tKKlil.: Cm K< H OF S. EUSEEE, AlXERRE: 13tH CeNTLRY. roof, in which the thicker bands of stone form-ing parallel arches have served no purjjoseexcept to enable the planner of the work to sim-plify it by giving his workmen one arch or ringof voussoirs…
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