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 50
ed them intograceful arcades forwall-decoration,placing withinthem niches forstatues of gods andheroes. The archi-tects of every agesince, and so Chris-tian architects, areindebted to theRomans for thenoble examples,which they gave tothe world, of the useof the circular archin w a 11-c o n s t r u… … CIRCULAR-VAUI^T. CROSS-VAUI,T.DOME-VAUIvT. 28 Ecclesiastical Architecture. having a continuous wall upon which the feet of thearches rest. The side-thrust of the vault is counteractedby buttressing. The cross-vault {2) is composed of twocircular-vaults, cutting each other centrally and at…
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