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 189
ed with so pleasing an effect that one is surprised it wasnot in more general favour. These are the only features usually employed by French architects :but we do sometimes find tiercerons, or secondary ogives, used tostrengthen as well as to ornament the plain faces of the vaults, one ortwo on… … Abbey Church, Souvigny. (FruLU LAncieu Bourbuiiuuis.) Bk. III. Ch. X. BUTTRESSES. 171 but beautiful ornaments of the vault. These last, however, are rareand exceptional in French vaulting, though they were treated by theEnglish architects with such success that we wonder they were notmore generally…
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