A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 566
connecting them (Fig. 38). 2. For covering an oblong space (Fig. 39).The conoids intersect at the sides. In thiskind of vaulting pendents often occur : partlyoccupying the central space, as in the right-hand side of Fig. 38 and in Fig. 40 ; or placedat the sides, as in Fig. 41. They are supportedby… … Fig. «)» (Fl.\.n). Rib Vaulting. In rib vaulting the surfaces,called panels, are sustained by a skeleton struc-ture of ribs, which are usually of stone, while
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