A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 432
hall, and the vaults over the lateral halls. In these lateralhalls piers are built within the walls, forming a series of recesses;these either have transverse arches thrown across them where the loftydoorways come, or are covered with semidomes in regular coursedmasonry, the angles being filled in… … the means of counteracting the thrust of the vault, without breaking the external outline by buttresses and without occupying much room on the floor, while at the same time these projections added considerably to the architectural effect of the interior. The date of the building is not correctly…
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