Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 229
f the original four piers at thecrossing remains, that at the south-east corner; the rest J. G. A. 9 I30 AMIENS AND BEAUVAIS [ch. vii Beauvaiscathedral were rebuilt in the flamboyant style as well as the firstintruded pier on the north side. The area of the originalpier is barely 64 square feet,… … Fig. 50. The use made of the intruded piers in the aisles iscurious. The original quadripartite vault of the widebay is retained, though in the choir it is turned into sex-partite, but at the intruded pier a skeleton rib (Fig. 50)is thrown across the aisle to support the crown of the 1 According to…
Architecture, Gothic
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