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Title: An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: Oxford: J. Parker and Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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NORMAN VAULTS, The eaeltest Norman Yatjlts are quite plain, andof the barrel form, as in the chapel of the White Tower,London. In the next stage they have flat transversearches only; they are then groined, but still withoutribs: these plain groined vaults without ribs, overaisles or other narrow spaces, are often contempora-neous with the barrel vaults, and generally belong tothe latter half of the eleventh century, or the begin-ning of the twelfth, as at Sherborne Castle (61), builtby Eoger, bishop of Salisbury, a.d. 1115—1139; ata later period the ribs are introduced, at first square^
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62. Peterborough Cathedral, A.D. 1117—1U3. Norman Vault with arch-ribs and groin-ribs. NORMAN VAULTS, 8i then plain half-rounds, then moulded, as in Peter-borough Cathedral (62), a.d. 1117—1143, and theygradually change their form until they almost imper-ceptibly assume the character of Early English work^^. The jNorman architects did not venture to throwa vault over a wide space until very near the end ofthe style, and various contrivances were necessary forvaulting over spaces of unequal width, such as stiltedarches, and horse-shoe arches, (see Peterborough, 62,)before the difficulty was solved by the use of thepointed arch.

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