A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 566
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 … the panels may be of a lighter kind of stone,such as tufa or pumice, or even of brick. Thepieces that form the panels may run straight
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