Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. ^t. Figures on NotreDame, Paris Such grotesque figures as these are verycommon adornments of Gothic build-ings. They are often used for spouts tocarry off the rain and are called gar-goyles, that is, throats (compare ourwords gargle and gurgle). Thetwo here represented are perched on aparapet of one of the churchs towers 2l8 Medieval and Modem Times. Fig. 58. Cross Section of AmiensCathedral It will be noticed that there is a row ofrather low windows
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. ^t. Figures on NotreDame, Paris Such grotesque figures as these are verycommon adornments of Gothic build-ings. They are often used for spouts tocarry off the rain and are called gar-goyles, that is, throats (compare ourwords gargle and gurgle). Thetwo here represented are perched on aparapet of one of the churchs towers 2l8 Medieval and Modem Times. Fig. 58. Cross Section of AmiensCathedral It will be noticed that there is a row ofrather low windows opening under theroof of the aisle. These constitute theso-called triforium (E). Above them isthe clerestory (F), the windows of whichopen between the flying buttresses. Soit came about that the walls of a Gothicchurch were in fact TheEgyptians were the first to invent theclerestory and put high, wide,graceful windows intheir place. This newstyle of architecture isknown as the Gothic^and its underlying prin-ciples can readily beunderstood from alittle study of the ac-companying diagram(Fig. 58), which showshow a Gothic cathedralis supported, not byheavy walls, but bybuttresses. The architects dis-covered in the firstplace that the concavestone ceiling, which isknown as the vaulting(A), could be supportedby fibs (B). Thesecould in turn be broughttogether and supportedon top of pillars which 1 The inappropriate name Gothic was given to thebeautiful churches of theNorth b
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