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 51
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… … BATHS OF CARACALIvA. built the buttressing. The dome-vault (j) is a series ofcontracting circles, laid one upon another until, at thetop, a circular disk can close and complete the structure.A circular-vault roofs a passage-way, having on each sidea wall; the cross-vault roofs a square, having at…
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