D'Anvers, N., -1933 · London : T.C. & E.C. Jack ; New York : Dodge Pub. Co. · leaf 50
is known as ribbed vaulting ; that is to say by roofs divided into bays by a framework of diagonal ribs supporting fillings in of thin stone called severes, which in their turn gradually developed into the complex and ornate system of Gothic vaulting. To counteract the thrust of arched and ribbed… … wall, which were later supplemented by the external buttresses known as flying, that were to be so distinctive a feature of Gothic architecture. Other characteristics of Romanesque architecture are the slenderness of the columns as compared with those of earlier buildings, the disuse of classic…
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