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Page 492
... clear - storey immediately beneath the vault ( p . 501B ) . The height of clear - storeys was increased by means of intersecting ribbed vaults whose thrust was taken by buttress arches under the aisle roofs ( p . 500c ) -a step towards ...
... clear - storey immediately beneath the vault ( p . 501B ) . The height of clear - storeys was increased by means of intersecting ribbed vaults whose thrust was taken by buttress arches under the aisle roofs ( p . 500c ) -a step towards ...
Page 533
... clear - storey with small horseshoe - headed openings , and a southern portico of about 930 of twelve arched bays similar to those of the nave arcades . Other Leónese Mozarabic churches of importance include Santiago de Peñ- alba ( 919 ) ...
... clear - storey with small horseshoe - headed openings , and a southern portico of about 930 of twelve arched bays similar to those of the nave arcades . Other Leónese Mozarabic churches of importance include Santiago de Peñ- alba ( 919 ) ...
Page 596
... clear - storey windows is a second triforium gallery , as at Noyon , thus dividing the nave into four storeys instead of the usual three . The boldly projecting transepts have later two - storeyed chapels , outside the original plan ( p ...
... clear - storey windows is a second triforium gallery , as at Noyon , thus dividing the nave into four storeys instead of the usual three . The boldly projecting transepts have later two - storeyed chapels , outside the original plan ( p ...
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