Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 209
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 modern rules the load that can safely be placed… … Beauvais cathedral Fig. 51. 9—2 132 AMIENS AND BEAUVAIS [ch. vii Beauvaiscathedral The apse S. Denis.The choirand nave Thearchitect vault, with a square top and pierced spandrils. This isomitted in the two bays next the crossing which arerather narrower than the others, and in another bay onlyhalf…
Architecture, Gothic
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