Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 204
supported by the collar and the braces, which alsohold them together. Here the strength obviouslydepends on the tenons and pins where the timbersmeet, and when they give way, as they often do, therafters spread, and pivoting on the short ashlar kick upfrom the plate, and the roof becomes in danger^… … Fig. 174- CH. xxi] ENGLISH PERPENDICULAR 125 The transept roof at Ely (Fig. 174B) has the Ely.principal rafter strengthened by a curved timber below transeptit, to receive which at the foot a pad-piece is run out onthe plate, and is itself supported by a strut from below.Here the principal is…
Architecture, Gothic
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
