A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 562
Fig. 44 (Pl.4.n). Solid Vaulting — Compound. Compound vaults are formed by the intersection of two or VAULT ties, which may jiniiicrly lie classified asfollows : — A. Quadripartite, formed by the intcrsecjtionof two Ijarrel vaidts, or by e.xpanding vaultsinstead. I. For covering a square… … Fig. 45 (Plan).of tlie groin is 90° at the springing, widens as itgoes \q>, and disappears in a straight line at theridges. Tlie horizontal projection of the groinedge is straight, and the edge itself lies in avertical plane, and is elliptical. Figure 12 isan external view, and Fig. 13 is a…
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