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 188
,1 the chief object oftheir employment however being to serve as centering. In Romanvaulting similar ribs were employed, but the spaces between were sub-sequently filled in flush with concrete. In Renaissance and in modernwork (such as in cellar or dock-vaults, for instance), when built inbrick,… … .Diagram of Vaulting. 1 The French antiquaries employ this■word as if it signified a pointed arch,whence they designate the style itself as the word has nothing to do with the formof the arch or the ogee, but is the nameof a rib common to the round-arched as ogival. There is no doubt, however, that…
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