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...Jusqu'à la fin du XII^e siècle, on n'avait point encore songé à augmenter la stabilité des contre-forts au moyen d'une charge supérieure; on cherchait à les rendre stables par leur masse et l'assiette de leur section horizontale. Cependant nons voyons déjà, dans l'exemple précédent (fig.12), que la tête du contre-fort dépasse la corniche de l'édifice et qu'elle est chargée d'un pinacle...

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