A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 73
rtanceto us is because itled directly to theribbed vault of theGothic period. This ribbed vaultgrows directly out ofthe use of the trans-verse arch {arcdoubleau) and thecorresponding wallarch (forineret).Two transverse archesand two wall archesform the outline and FRANCE arches along the lines of… … France, Part I.: Nave of Cathedral at Noton (Oise). the frame of each Romanesque groined vault;that is to.say, of each square of vaulting,which vaulting square may be a parallelogramof any proportion. The liuilder of each vault-ing square must have felt, as he sprung thetransverse arches across the…
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