A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 224
which has within the appearance of a BarrelVault ; a. ceiling of nearly senncircidar section. Compass Roof ; Compass-headed Roof.(See (radle i;ij(]f Ijelow ; also Compass (11).) Coupled Roof. A ridged or double pitchedroof of the simplest construction, often without … Koof: Flat, as used is nkaulv rainless Regions; Douma, Syria. See First Cut under Syria. Roman roofs had a slope of from 22° to 231°;Romanesque roofs followed closely the Romanslope ; the Gothic pitch was much steeper, some-times reaching 50° or even 60°. In the Renais-sance era there was in Italy…
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