Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 387
monastery; a smaller structure in Bur-gundy is of far greater importance to the history of architecture.This was the Abbey Church of Vezelay near Avallon, built in thefirst years of the twelfth century. In it the barrel-vaults were re-placed by cross-vaults, and these were constructed upon an… … 0 Jo 20 Za *» 2<f »V,Fig. 212.—Plan of the Abbey Church of Cluny. and consequently could only be erected above a square plan, andwith crowns of equal height. The diagonal groins thus became ofan elliptical outline, not being determined in the design, but result-ing from the intersection of the…
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