Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 111
s copied by Alan of Walsingham in wood, -omitting all the structure inside the inner octagon, which \may be regarded as the ring of a dome on pendentives.On this ring he erected his lantern stage with largewindows to light the centre of the church, and coveredit with lead. The ribbed pendentives,… … Ely cathedralchoir Fig. 150. {From Fergusson.) 5—2 68 ENGLISH CURVILINEAR [ch. xix Ely the angles of the octagonal ring on which the lantern The^ rests. The whole of England we are told was searched octagon ^^^ timber big enough for these mighty props, which was found with difficulty. The…
Architecture, Gothic
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