How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 124
points. The round arch is used in roof, in window and dooropenings, and in arcades as a substitute for the lintel orentablature of the classic above the rows of columnswhich separated the nave and the aisles of the building,and at other points where necessary. The effect of thespring of two arches…
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