Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 48
they re-ceive the concentrated chargeof the great vaults of the naveas well as those of the lesservaults and arches of the aisleand triforium above it; whilethe intermediate piers E andF receive that of the lesservaults and arches alone. Thisinequality of stress is wellprovided for and expressedby… … Fig. up to carry the archesThe intermediate piers E and F,on the other hand, which alternate with the great piers,are smaller, and have only the members needed by thenave arcades and the aisle vaults (Fig. 3). The construction of a cross-vault on a square planand on a small scale is easy, but on…
Architecture, Gothic
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