Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . I. W I CATHEDRAL- Capital in Nave Plate LSI. T. g. j. WELLS CATHEDRAL-The North Porch ch. xi] THE TRANSITION 187 is a much larger church. In Fig. 75 they are both drawn wdisto the same scale. There are no wall shafts to divide cathedralthe building into bays, but the triforium forms a con-tinuous arcade from end to end of the nave, divine thatpart of the church the effect of a basilica. The vault haspointed ribs both transverse and diagonal, and springsfrom short colonnettes carried on corbels in the spandrilof the triforium. It ha
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . I. W I CATHEDRAL- Capital in Nave Plate LSI. T. g. j. WELLS CATHEDRAL-The North Porch ch. xi] THE TRANSITION 187 is a much larger church. In Fig. 75 they are both drawn wdisto the same scale. There are no wall shafts to divide cathedralthe building into bays, but the triforium forms a con-tinuous arcade from end to end of the nave, divine thatpart of the church the effect of a basilica. The vault haspointed ribs both transverse and diagonal, and springsfrom short colonnettes carried on corbels in the spandrilof the triforium. It has no flying buttresses above theaisle roof, but rests on a thick clerestory wall, strengthenedby shallow buttresses outside. These are carried byflying arches across the triforium below the roof, too lowto be of any use in receiving the thrust of the here and at S. Davids the triforium arches haveno jamb shafts, but the arch moulding is continued downthe sides. The nave capitals are remarkable, and have nothing The navequite like them elsewhere. They have the square abacus capiaswhich savour
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