Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 78
n theaxial line CG. The perfection of this system of vaulting at S. Denis Persistencewas only reached after many tentative experiments. It tradition ofwas some time before the builders, with the tradition of ^^^^^SRoman cross-vaulting still strong within them, graspedthe idea of the full liberty at… … Fig. 17. drawn straight but on a curved line, such as would haveresulted from the intersection of two barrel vaults on acircular plan. At Langres, being used to diagonal inter- Langressections in one plane, they drew the diagonal ribs in a ^ ^ ^^straight line (Fig. 17) from A to D, and C to B with…
Architecture, Gothic
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