A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 413
nsidered to be charac-teristic of the Byzantine school of architecture. In the Norman style cylindrical or barrel vaulting, as well asgroined vaulting is used j the former of these is either perfectlydevoid of ornament, as in thechapel in the White Tower ofLondon, or has plain and mas-sive ribs… … White Tower, London. <- When both the arches of a groinedvault are semicircular and of the samevspan, so that each bay covers an exactsquare, it is called Roman vaulting. Seefig. 1, Plate 142. f When the side arches do not list tothe same height as the main arch theyare called IVehh arckii, see…
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