A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 570
sexpartite. 4. Sexjjartite. Figure 59 shows plans ofvaults with six cells, and Figs. GO, 61, show theform known as sexpartite, or hexapartite, foundin late Romanesque and early Gothic work.The side vaults are double and oblique, sepa-rated by an intermediate transverse rib. Fig-ure G2 gives a form… … FiG. 85 (Plan). tite vault, but it is not. There are four ex-amples, all near Caen in Normandy. 5. Septempartite (Fig. 6.3). It is made upof half a quadripartite and half a sexpartite. 6. Octopartite. (a) For covering a square space enclosed by VAULT walls, a« in towers (Fig. 64). There are…
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