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 390
rts of variations occur. In LICHFIELD NAVE (324.9) the builder amused himself by omitting the transverse arches ; dividing the ridge EU into three equal parts instead of the usual four. It is an improved version of the vault of LINCOLN CHOIR (324.2). With the aid of the new tiercerons the builders… … necessary is to group Durham Cathedral, Vault of the Prior's Kitchen. together four simple quadripartite vaults: allowing the capital of the pillar D to rise to the same height, or thereabouts, as the capitals or corbels at A, B, G, H, I, F, E, C. Then the diagonals JD, LD, MD, KD, and the…
Architecture, Gothic · Architecture · Church architecture
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