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...L'adoption de l'arc brisé était si bien le résultat des observations que les constructeurs avaient faites sur la déformation des arcs plein cintre, savoir: le relèvement des reins et l'affaissement de la clef, qu'il existe un grand nombre d'arcs doubleaux du XII^e siècle tracés comme l'indique la fig. 18, c'est-à-dire ayant quatre centres: deux centres A pour les portions d'arcs B C, D E, et deux centres G pour les portions d'arcs C D comprenant les reins...

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