o-lution of the curve round a vertical tangent. This is calledfan vaulting (p. 86). In it the ribs have become so numer-ous as to be merely a decoration; in the later examplesthere is no filling in, rib and panel being cut out of the samestone. In fan vaulting, if the plan i^^quare and the fans… … [o. H. u: SHERBORNE ABBEY fans or c jnoids, if made large enough to meet in the centreof the nave, intersect each other and leave a straight butslopinf^ ridge, as at Kings College Chapel, on the narrower 86 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE sides, or if made small enough not to interfere with each atthe narrow…
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