Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 421
of stone to which the framework naturallypointed were but seldom introduced, either because vaults of largespan were beyond the constructive ability of the builders, or be-cause the horizontal ceilings of wood were retained in conservativeEngland from a preference for this more accustomed feature.… … Fig. 239.—System of the Cathedral ofPeterborough. Fig. 240.—System of the Abbey Church ofWaltham. Concentric churches became even rarer than before, St. Sepulchreat Cambridge {Fig. 241) being the only edifice of the kind referableto the Romanic period. Even here the memberment of the archi-volts…
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