Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 372
m pro-ject beyond the surface, showing plainly what they were, andthe important function they played in the construction of thevault. These ribs thus placed below the under surface of thevault, offered a convenient ledge — a sort of permanent center-ing — on which to rest the vault surface. Beside… … li.i.. UH. Ilaii nf S. (VK,,. MihiM. ^Kn.iii Darlc EVOLUTION OF THE RIB VAULT of the old transverse arches. The new construction was there-fore advantageous for both practical and esthetic reasons. In our study of Roman construction we have seen that thegroins of a groin vault were often…
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