A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 555
Bel-gium are notable; they are wholly decorative,witiiout attempt to deceive the spectator, as thel)oarding is distinctly marked and the construc-tion is obvinu.sly inadequate to a masonry vault.The famous Octagon of the catliedral of Ely is,on the contrary, a wooden imitation api)arentlyintended… … Fig. 4. Vaults may be classified thus : ■—•As to form. Simple and Comiwund or Inter-secting ;As to constraction, SoUd and Ribbed.
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