A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 564
vaults, over the aislesof polygonal apses, as in Fig. 35. V. Fdijijonal Vaults. These are mostly956 VAULT octagonal on tlii plan, and arc of the natureof the cupola. VI. Fauci/ Tracer!! ]aii!l!iiij. This is avariety of .solid vaultiii{(, although it was devel-oped from the ribbed vaultiiif; of tlu-… … Fig. 65. square space may be partly covered hy twohalves of the pyramidoid inverted and sotopposite to each other. The bases are octag-onal. The halves may meet at points. Fig.36, leaving a star-shaped ridge space uncovered;or by sides. Fig. 37, leaving a square. If thenon-cardinal sides of the…
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