Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 59
ing,at the point where the two vaults came together (111. 9, Fig. 12).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, each… … III. 10. — Perspective of the Groin Vault 20 THE CLOISTERED VAULT all 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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