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 381
Choir of Gloucester Cathedral. (Cath. Hb.) steps by which it was arrived at. This may lead to a little repetition,but the stone vault is so essentially the governing modulus of the stylethat its principles cannot be made too clear. 362 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. … The original form of the intersecting vault is that of two halvesof a hollow-sided square pyramid placed opposite one another in aninverted position.1 One half of such a vault is shown at a and A A(Woodcut No. 814, fig. 1). The English seem early to have tired ofthe endless repetition of these…
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