Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 77
appreciated. The first idea for obviating it was to lower thespringing of the vault for the sake of bringing thethrust to bear upon a portion of the wall more capable of resisting it, and, by rais-ing the nave relatively to itsaisles, to obtain space for arange of small windows be-tween the roof of… … Fig. 6. lecture iL] MEDLEVAL ARCHITECTURE. 55 This difficulty led to the somewhat unpalatablemeasure of lowering the springing of the main vaultso much as to bring its crown below the level of thewalls, and to convert it from a barrel into a groinedvault. The springing being then level with…
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