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 204
least this advantage, that the absence of the vault allowedthe architect to play with the construction of the substructure. Hewas enabled to lighten the pillars of the nave to any extent hethought consistent with dignity, and to glaze his clerestory ina manner which must have given extreme… … (514. Roof at Trunch Church. (From a Drawing by H. Glutton.) way. Had they dared, they would have put one above for twobelow. But the great merit of a wooden roof was, that it enabledthe architect to dispense with all flying buttresses, exaggeratedpinnacles, and mechanical expedients, which were…
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