Gothic architecture in England : an analysis of the origin & development of English church architecture from the Norman conquest to the dissolution of the monasteries (1906)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 314
though the aisles are not vaulted. Segmental Arches. — These occur occasionally even in Norman work, e.g. at Southwell there was little room under the window of the south transept, and the doorway, therefore, has a segmental head. Horseshoe Arches. — Well-marked examples occur in Norman work, but… … Sherborne. whether any true elliptical arches occur ; at any rate otherwise than accidentally. The anse de panier is sometimes called an elliptical arch, but is really three-centred. It is not likely that the mediaeval builders knew how to draw a true ellipse. Sometimes, however, a vault has given…
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