Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 55
iforium and aisle.- Finally comes the question how the thrusts of the 28 THE GOTHIC VAULT [CH. II System of high vaults of the nave, which are concentrated on thethrusts main piers, are met and resisted. At S. Ambrogio thereis no difficulty, for there is no clerestory, and the vaultsof the… … Fig-. 6. the thrust is concentrated, and is itself supported by theouter wall, which is strongly buttressed, and forms theultimate point cCappui, so that the whole structure is inequilibrium (Fig. 6).Difficulty It is when the nave is raised hig^h above the aisles created >> • i i clerestory…
Architecture, Gothic
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