A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 168
t,and produced a start-ling effect, but is soevidently a tour deforce that the result is never quite satisfactory ; though on a small scale perfectly admissible. These devices all answered perfectly so long as the space to be,roofed was square, or nearly so; but when this mode of vaulting came;to… … Aisle in Henry VII.s Chapel, Westminster. 148 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Pakt II. %. 2, Woodcut No. 578), you may get either a small diamond-shapedspace in the centre or a square, but in both cases the pyramid becomesvery awkward; and by carrying on the system as before, you neverarrive at a circle, but…
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