Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 209
. highest importance to understand the formation of thisarch as well as its constructive use. There are threeforms of the pointed arch (Fig. 132) employed in Gothicarchitecture : The equilateral, in which the nave-piersare the centers for the circles, of which the sides of thearch are the arcs.… … FORMS OF THK POINTED ARCH. round arch The pointed arch, with the same inter-columniation of the piers, had greater height thanthe circular arch. When, therefore, Gothic architectsadopted it, the oblong, instead of the square, deter-mined the subdivisions of the nave. Also, that remark-able altitude…
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