Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 75
unequal cylindrical and sometimes conoid surfaces weredistorted and twisted so much as to be not only unsightlybut insecure. Fig. 15 shows the effect of these inter-Brionde penetrations in the vaulting of the ambulatory at Brioudein Auvergne, which could only be made safe by verycareful masonry at… … Aislevaults atS. Denis Fig. 15 from V.-le-Duc. from point to point, and the irregular winding of thepanels between them was not only disguised by theregular curve of the ribs, but became of little consequence ;for the panels being relieved of any structviral duty, hadonly to carry themselves, and…
Architecture, Gothic
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