A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 560
Fig. .T (PL.iN).940 VAULT A barrel vault usually coviis a rectangularspace, but sometimes a triangular, or trape-zoidal. Its axis and ritlgo aie eoniiiuuily liori-zoiital, but sometimes iiioliuetl, as when it coversor carries a stair. Figure 4 shows the use ofhalf barrel vaults, over aisles, or…
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