Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 254
n inWestminster Abbey. Theidea of ribbed construction was then seized upon and given a new application. Byspringing a large number of ribs from each point of sup-port, the vaulting-surfaces were divided into long, narrow,triangles, the filling of which was comparatively easy(Fig. 129). The ridge… … FIG. 129. —RIBBED VAULTING, CHOIR OFEXETER CATHEDRAL. 222 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. illustrate this method. The logical corollary of thispractice was the introduction of minor ribs called Hemes,connecting the main ribs and forming complex reticulatedand star-shaped patterns. Vaults of this…
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