ven way to adeep, gable-headed, taperingform, which is both more beautiful and more construc-tionally correct. For, since the outward thrust of a vaultfollows a dow^nward, sloping, tangential line, the upperpart of a buttress is of little use except as a weight, andthe deeper it can be at the base,… … ROMSEY ABBEY
Church architecture · Architecture, Gothic
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