Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 161
hes of the Romanesqueperiod in :Northern Europe adhered more or less tobasilica methods of construction. Notwithstanding theseexceptions, it is the pier and the vaulting which distin-guish this period of cathedral building as a whole andit is this use which has suggested the word Roman-esque. It… … Fig. 83.—Mainz Cathedral. ROMANESQUE AECHITECTURE. 145 understanding it, as a necessary preliminary to the studyof this later style. As far as our illustrations go, the character of aRomanesque vaulting is most distinctly illustrated bythe view of one of the aisles of Peterborough (Fig. 78).The…
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