Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 255
OIR 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 description areamong the most beautiful… … FIG. 130. —NET OR LIERNE VAULTING, TEWKESBURY ABBEY. all the vaulting of Winchester as rebuilt by William ofWykeham (1390), illustrate the same system. Such vaultsare called lie^iie or star vaults. FAN-VAULTING. The next step in the process may be ob-served in the vaults of the choir of Oxford…
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