Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 220
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. 187 … rious ribs, which, being already in place, served as guidesfor their construction. THE POINTED ARCH was adopted to remedy the difficultiesencountered in the construction of oblong vaults. It isobvious that where a narrow semi-cylindrical vault intersects a wide one, it produceseither what are…
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