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 244
on principle. Indeed, the great vault over the crossing of Amiens, which belongs to the first building of this part, allows us to say that the master, in this case, did feel the need 01 additional support, and obtained it exactly as it is done in an English vault of the same time. Will the critics… … Fig. 66. Diagrams of vaults. 158 STANDARD ARCHES to English Gothic say that the Amiens master adopted anEnglish invention ? In Fig. 66, A shows a bay of a quadri-partite vault. B shows the same with an additional trans-verse arch, which turns it into a pseudo-six-celled vault.C is a true…
Art, Medieval
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