centre point of the ridge rib.^ Then it was ohiy natural totreat this like a main rib, and instead of letting the filling-incourses pass behind it, to start them again from it. Thenby degrees more of these intermediate ribs, or tiercerons,were added, until the section of the vault, instead of… … EXETER CATHEDRAL NAVE, I 327-I 369 (,. H. n: But with this multiplication of ribs two difficulties arose.1. It was not easy to make the mouldings of ribs meeting G 82 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE at such diflferent angles as the tiercerons and ridge rib, mitre, that is, run into each other satisfactorily ;…
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