Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 81
nt was now hadrecourse to for groined vaulting, the main arches ofwhich were now—towards the middle of the twelfthcentury—changed from the semicircle to the pointedarch. When the elevation of the clerestory above theaisles was but moderate, this was often found suffi-cient ; but the construction… … lecture ii.] MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE. 59 above the aisle, without endangering the stability ofthe structure. Here the recollection of an earlier expedient cameto the rescue. It will be remembered that the earlybarrel vaults were buttressed by half barrel vaultsover the aisles, thus doing away with…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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