Medieval architecture; its origins and development : with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York : Baker and Taylor Co. · leaf 98
agined. Even greater difficulties were caused by the constructionof the wall ribs. Supposing the diagonals and transverse ribsin place, let us proceed to the construction of the wall arch, ab, 1 The most notable instance is at St. Martin dEtampes, c. 1160. But here the four-sidedcompartments are… … III. 1(54. — Plan of Morienval RIB VAULTS ON A CURVED PLAN and the arch of the main arcade, dc. It is evident that thethree arches ad, ab, dc, and ac all have bases of varying length.Consequently, if they were constructed with a semicircularradius, they would all rise to the varying heights shown…
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