An introduction to English church architecture from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London, New York, [etc] H. Milford, Oxford University Press · leaf 474
narrow as was desired. Secondly, a much heavier load could be set on a lofty than on a low arch of the same span. It is plain in the diagrams that the arch (5) would carry a heavier load than (1) and (1) than (3). If a pointed arch of lancet character were selected, it would have great supporting… … may rise to the same height as the diagonals (746). In the Burgundian school of Romanesque, the normal vault for a nave was a tunnel vault ; and it was early perceived that the dangerous thrust of such a vault against the clerestory walls could be reduced by substituting a pointed for a…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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