Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 164
n the diameter and the perpendicular, andthe pier as a support (sometimes round) which wasbuilt up of masonry. If we turn now to the Eoman ruins (Figs. 32, 33)we shall see that thevaulting arches wereinvariably supportedby such masonrypiers. This construc-tion is, in fact, alwaysnecessary when… … Fig. 86.—Portal. Haughmond Abbey. that philosophically we ought to begin our explanationswith these. It should be added, however, that practi-cally the supply of ancient columns had been mainly ex-hausted in the first five centuries of Christian building,and that a resort to masonry piers would…
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