Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 72
centre of the mainvault where the various ribs met. In Fig. 13 AD andBC are the transverse arches dividing the bays, andAC and BD are the diagonals: EF is the intrudedtransverse arch, G the common point of intersection, and 42 THE GOTHIC VAULT [CH. Ill the dotted lines show the direction of the… … Fig. 14. segmental, struck from a point below the springing, adevice no doubt to avoid a domical crown ; and thesurfaces of the panels are very winding. In the vault of the Abbaye aux Dames at Caen ch. m] THE GOTHIC VAULT 43 this is avoided by not turning any vault from the Abbaye J & J aux…
Architecture, Gothic
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