Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 217
ed as the most characteristic feature of the Gothicstyles, was merely an incidental feature of their develop-ment. What really distinguished them most strikingly wasthe systematic application of two principles which theRoman and Byzantine builders had recognized and applied,but which seem to have… … GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. I8 of groined for barrel vaults. This led to a correspondingconcentration of the masses of masonry at these points ;the building was constructed as if upon legs (Fig. 105).The wall became a mere filling-in between the piers orbuttresses, and in time was, indeed, practically…
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