Architecture, Medieval; Church architecture; Vaults (Architecture)
[324] Illustrated in Simpson, II, p. 104.
[325] There is an earlier and somewhat similar crossing vault in the
church of S. Marien at Gelnhausen (1225-on) Hartung, III, pl. 145.
[326] Michel, IV, p. 829, Fig. 546.
[327] Michel, IV, p. 828, Fig. 545.
[328] It is possible that this vault is of wood.
[329] Simpson, II, Fig. 68, opp. p. 104.
[330] Simpson, II, Fig. 69, opp. p. 164.
[331] Examples are furnished by: Florence, S. M. Novella; Sens, Cath.
(Fig. 28); Paris, N. D.; Soissons, Cath.; Cologne, Cath.; to cite but
a few churches.
[332] Cummings, II, p. 141, Fig. 330.
[333] Cummings, II, p. 149, Fig. 335.
[334] For example in Dol, Cath.; Étampes, Saint Gilles; Bayeux, Cath.,
etc.
[335] For example in Angers, Cath. (Fig. 19); Bordeaux, Saint Michel,
etc.
[336] Numerous illustrations may be found in Bond, Gothic Architecture
in England and English Church Architecture.
[337] Most of the vaulting is modern but built as originally planned.
[338] An example of this arrangement may be seen at Saint
Nicolas-du-Port (Meurthe-et-Moselle). Enlart, Fig. 318, opp. p. 588.
[339] See also Poitiers, Saint Hilaire (Fig. 7) and Notre
Dame-la-Grande, etc.
[340] See also Toulouse, Saint Sernin; Saint Benoît-sur-Loire (Fig.
13); and Nevers, St. Étienne, etc.
[341] They may have been inspired by the salient arches of such a
tunnel vault as that in the Temple of Diana at Nîmes, and in any event
would seem to owe their origin to classic prototypes and to be largely
decorative, a theory which is strengthened by the appearance of such a
vault as that in the little church of Saint Jean-de-Moustier, at Arles
(probably of the ninth century) (Revoil, I, pl. XVI), where these
radiants very closely resemble Corinthian pilasters.
[342] Dartein, pl. 76.
[343] Porter, Cons. of Lombard and Gothic Vaults, Fig. 62. There
are also a number of churches of the more developed period in which
somewhat similar ribbed half domes are found, though these are
frequently laid up in flat gores over polygonal apses. Examples
include: Worms, Cath.; west apse, see Fig. 58; Florence, Cath. east
and transept apses.
[344] Madrazo-Gurlitt, pl. 178.
[345] Examples include Berzy-le-Sec and Laffaux (Aisne); Chelles
(Oise) and Bonnes (Vienne) all dating cir. 1140-1150; Bruyères,
and Vauxrezis (Aisne) probably of about the same date, and Torcy
(Aisne) dating from the second half of the twelfth century; Étampes,
St. Martin, radiating chapel. All of these are illustrated in
Lefevre-Pontalis. Examples with three ribs include Thor (Vaucluse)
and Saint Pierre-de-Reddes (Hérault), both illustrated in Revoil.
Example with four ribs, Como, Sant’ Abondio. Example with five ribs,
Montmajour (Bouches-du-Rhône), Ab. Ch. Revoil, II, pl. XXXI. For
further examples, see Porter, II, p. 78.
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