Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 232
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 199 in other provinces. The difficult vaulting over the radiat-ing bays of the double ambulatory was here treated withgreat elegance. By doubling the number of supports inthe exterior circuit of each aisle (Fig. 116) each trapezoidalbay of the vaulting was divided… … FIG. 117. — INTERIOR OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS. doubled and those next the centre were built in two stories,providing ample galleries behind a very open triforium.The nave was unusually lofty and covered with six-partvaults of admirable execution. The vault-ribs were vigor-ously moulded and each made to…
Architecture -- History
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
