Identifier: gothicarchitectu01jackuoft (find matches)
Title: Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: Cambridge, University Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig. 50. The use made of the intruded piers in the aisles iscurious. The original quadripartite vault of the widebay is retained, though in the choir it is turned into sex-partite, but at the intruded pier a skeleton rib (Fig. 50)is thrown across the aisle to support the crown of the 1 According to modern rules the load that can safely be placed onordinary stone, per square foot, varies from 5 to 8 or 9 tons and on Portlandstone 14 tons. But I have no doubt this is constantly exceeded in greatmediaeval churches. ch. vii) AMIENS AiND BEAUVAIS i u
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Beauvais cathedral Fig. 51. 9—2 132 AMIENS AND BEAUVAIS (ch. vii Beauvaiscathedral The apse S. Denis.The choirand nave Thearchitect vault, with a square top and pierced spandrils. This isomitted in the two bays next the crossing which arerather narrower than the others, and in another bay onlyhalf of it exists, the outer half being omitted. Wherethis rib is complete it naturally cuts in half the outerclerestory window of the aisle above the chapels. Roomis made for this aisle clerestory by keeping the chapelslow. This is a great gain outside, for they do not dwarfthe central apse like those at Amiens. The apse though polygonal within is round outside,but the bays being narrow the distortion of the windowarches is not obtrusive. The flying buttresses are muchless crowded than at Amiens and much simpler, and theexterior of this part is extremely successful (Fig. 51).There are no flying buttresses to the intruded piers, forwhich indeed there is no room, but only a flat shallowbuttress

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