A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 561
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… … also JUS continuous flying buttresses resisting theoutward thrust of the nave vaults. They areconimon in soutlieasteru France, in the eleventhand twclftii centuries. Fitrure- 5 shows a rampant vault. Figure 6 is a soffit plan of what is know^l asa skew arch, often used for bridges but rare…
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