Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 183
m it is to be pointed out thatthe most characteristic form of Byzantine vault from thetime of Justinian was the cross-vault which did not formlevel penetrations but rose tpward the centre^ thus forming 112 BYZANTINE OGIVES domical cross-YSiults. This is just the type followed (withthe addition of… … Fig. 58. Ribbed vaults from the church of Skripou in Greece. last quarter of the tenth century: and an Armenianchronicle cited by Schlumberger says that this was doneby an Armenian architect, Tirdates. I find, moreover,that in the Byzantine church at Skripou the vaults havediagonal ribs of…
Art, Medieval
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