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 98
evelopment of the rib vault in the first quarterof the XII century. It has been seen that as early as the year1120, by means of the pointed arch, a certain crude masteryhad already been obtained over the rib vault on a square, andprobably also on an oblong, plan — a mastery very far shortof… … c* ii\ -..:, 1 . 1 \ .,A III. 163. — Narthex of St. Leu dEsserent MORIENVAL ment of which the date has been endlessly controverted,1 butwhich I believe may be assigned to about 1122— was intro-duced a new feature hitherto quite without parallel in the archi-tecture of the He de France. Up to this…
Architecture, Medieval
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
