Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 552
, already appearing in the slen-der proportions of all the supports, and in the memberment of thepiers corresponding to the ribs of the vault, had come to be recog- FRANCE. D»5 nized as the most important characteristic of the Gothic style, bothin general composition and in detail. The supports had… … /. ./ -• / v~ <.:^mM&&K&§£& Fig. 321.—Interior of St. Ouen at Rouen. assimilated as much as possible to the ribs. Their common basewas given up, the support rising from a polygonal socle, as a looseaggregate of independent roundels. The vaulting posts becamemore and more slender…
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