Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 165
vaulted building. As regards the general reasons for the introductionof a vaulting system in cathedrals we may also findthe most obvious illustrations in the Gothic; for whenthe Gothic vaultings (Figs. 98, 99, 100) are comparedwith the timber ceilings (Figs. 51, 66) there is notthe slightest… … Fig. 87.—Pisa Cathedral, Bell Tower, and Baptistery. church with a vaulted ceiling is obviously of one solidmaterial throughout—walls, roof, and columns are all ofstone. There is not the sense of incongruity, as regards EO^^IAXESQUE AECHITECTURE. 149 durability and material, between two parts of…
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