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...Ainsi, par exemple (127): soit une pile A de rez-de-chaussée destinée à porter des voûtes, on établissait sur cette pile deux ou trois assises B formant encorbellement sur les quatre faces; on obtenait ainsi un repos C. Aux angles, on posait des sommiers D suivant les diagonales du carré, pour recevoir les claveaux E des arcs ogives de la voûte; au centre, on continuait d'élever librement la pile G recevant les planchers supérieurs, puis on fermait en moellon les remplissages H des voûtes...

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