Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 256
riginal conception. Rich and sumptuous as are theseceilings, they are with all their ornament less satisfactorythan the ribbed vaults of the preceding period. CHAPTERHOUSES. One of the most beautiful forms ofribbed vaulting was developed in the polygonal halls erect-ed for the deliberations of the… … FIG. 131.—VAULT OF CHAPTER-HOUSE, WELLS. 224 HISrORV OF ARCHITECTURE. these vaults were less majestic than domes of the same di-ameter, they were far more decorative and picturesque, whilethe chapter-houses themselves were the most original andstriking products of English Gothic art. Ever}…
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