Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 52
ng innovation : a new departure ingroining; and it was accompanied by an innovationperhaps still more novel. Romanesque vaulting had 26 THE GOTHIC VAULT [CH. II The dia-gonal rib long been divided into bays by strong transverse ribs(v. Fig. i sup.) even in the case of barrel vaults, andwall-ribs… … Fig- 5- were suggested by a wish to fortify the groins, orwhether they were a device to ensure a true curve onthe diagonal line which would have been uncertain if thefour ramping panels or cells of the vaulting surface hadbeen simply brought together, I am not sure. Probably ch. n] THE GOTHIC VAULT…
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