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 328
FLAMBOYANT PARAPETS. Its Essential Elements. 305 VI. FORMS OF THE BUTTRESS.§ Buttresses from the Eleventh to the ThirteenthCentury. The iutroduction of the cross-vault in theaisles rendered necessary the thickening of the aisle- FlG. 215. -f— ..^- … ROMANESQUE BUTTRESSES. walls where the cross-arches had impact. This thicken-ing at first was little more than a wall-pilaster, with allresemblance to the column removed from its surface.This early buttress (Fig. 215, a) was, in fact, a pier withbeveled edges attached to the exterior of the wall.…
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