Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 317
Fig. 301. Carved VaultBoss: French. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT small stones. The rib framework is simple in the earlywork of all countries, the only ornament being the mold-ings of the ribs and sometimes a carved keystone or bossat their intersections (Figure 301). In France thissimplicity persists… … Fig. 302. Vaulting, Apsidai. Chapel, Beauvais. England the ribs were multiplied by the addition of tier-cerons (Figure 303) and of subordinate connecting ribsor Hemes, and combined into highly ornamental pat-terns (star and net vaults), with carved bosses ateach intersection. This patterning…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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