The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 318
FlG. 116.—Norman groined roof. final solution of the problem and the success of thestyle. The first effort was naturally made with a cir-cular tunnel vault, or barrel vault, as it is sometimescalled, but when this was placed over a nave its nat-ural tendency was to push outward the walls onwhich it… … Plate XXXIII.—Romanesque construction ; longitudinal section. From Tuckerman. 296 THE ROMANESQUE STYLE. words, to thicken the walls to an enormous extent,would be at best a clumsy expedient, occupyingmuch valuable ground and converting the windowsinto small ill-lighted tunnels. Finally, after…
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