Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 57
lding,at the point where the two vaults came together (111. 9, Fig. 1^).This thrust was easily buttressed. The groin vault as thus applied became not only the form ofvault most employed by the Romans, but the one which prima-rily influenced medieval architecture. It allowed of abundantlighting,… … 111. 10. — Perspective of the Groin Vault 20 THE CLOISTERED VAULT nil Roman vaults was its lack of flexibility. As long as thelength of the hall to be vaulted was nearly commensu-rable with its width, the scheme worked very well; but whenthis condition did not exist, the construction became…
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