A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 86
g, the transverse arch(see Arc I)oul)leau) is hardly of use, exceptas an assistant in fixing the centring, hut thetimid builders of the time preserved it as apossilily needeil aid, esitecially in the building120 ARCH of groined vaults. In (lutliic vaHlting it is therib whiih criisses tiie nave,… … Arch: Transvekse Akch. South aisle of the abbey churcli, \\zelay; transverse arch dividixdui artments or vauitiiiir siiuares. dinal timbers of the roof. (For tiiis usage, seeillustrutiiin to Refectory.) Triangular Arch. ^1. The corbel arch ofthe Maya; so called by Stevens. (See CorbelAich ; Central…
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