A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 82
question, how to vault — first, the eastern partof the choir; next, the aisles ; and lastly, thehigh nave — was the most important architec-tural question of all. Throughout the earlyMiddle Ages the effort of the northern build-ers was to close their churches with masonry inone form or another, and… … FRANCE, PART III.: CATHEDRAL OF BAVELX; WEST FRONT FROJI S.W.Ill 112 FRANCE to have had no such ovinnastrring desire fortlie vault, and it reiuaius a i-liaractevistie of tlieNorman ehurclies tliat tluy were built veryeommonly with wooden roofs and withmit eventhe preparatory steps being taken for…
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