An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 351
BEAM ROOFS In the last L;rou[) of roofs, tliosc with arched braces and collars, and still morein those without collars, the all-important safeguard against spreading lay in thepresence of the arched brace. If the latter was light and thin, then, howevercarefully it might be framed in and jjinncd,… … K, j.^yt
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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