Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 55
After these arches have been constructed, a The Romans diil not live out-of-floors nearly to tlie extent that the Greeks had done.Another ini[Kirtant result of the vault was the Iaet tliat it made possible fire-proofconstruction. E.g., the Palatine, the Arch of Jainis Quadrifrons, and tlie Thernise… … THE GROIN VAULT (•(Mit(M-ing of the desired form may he j)laced beneath and touch-ing the groins, and a vault built thereon in a manner preciselysimilar to the procedure in the case of a barrel vault. Thisvault would be carried from the keystone in all four directions,being bounded by the groins.…
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