). We have said that the section of theselate vaulting ribs practically determines that of the arch.This is well seen in the choir of St. Ouen (p. 122). Thenave arch, a, b, covers the full width of the pier exceptthe shaft, r, which receives the transverse arch c and crossnbs of the high vault. The… … //. II S. MACLOL, ROIEN 124 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE See also St. Maclou, Rouen (p. 123), and Abbeville (p. In England, where the vaultingf ribs remain independentof the arch, they follow the general tendency of the othermouldings. During the thirteenth century there is some-times an attempt, as at…
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