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 132
III. 175. — Diagram of Chevet Vaults CONVERGING RIBS the vault was placed, not exactly in the center of the polygon,but in such a position that all the ribs became approximatelyequal. Thus was found at last an entirely satisfactory solu-tion to the problem. Mr. Moore 1 has suggested another theory… … III. 176. — Plan of Noyon. (From Dehio) the abandonment of that type of chevet vault which is charac-terized by ribs converging on the keystone of the last transverserib. He notes that in St. Germer (111. 173) the diagonals of thelast bay are carried on corbels and not on shafts, and heremarks…
Architecture, Medieval
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