Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 49
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… … 24 THE GOTHIC VAULT [CH. II The groin-ing line Let us take first an example of a cross-vault overa square bay of moderate size, say that of the crypt atWinchester which is about 14/X14/. The four equalbounding arches are represented by A, B, C, D in Fig. 4,of which one A, E, B is set up in…
Architecture, Gothic
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