. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . are projecting pieces of timber or stoneset in a wall for an arch to spring from, or to supportthe beam. Q. What is a gable? A. A gable is the upper part of the end wall of abuilding above the eaves and conforming to the angleof the roof. Q. What is a vaulted roof ? A, A vaulted roof, or more properly a vaulted ceil-ing, as there is always an additional outside roof tocover it, is built on the principle of the arch and isoften richly groined and ornamented with bosses andpendants. In some mediaeval buildings, probably owing EASY LESSO
. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . are projecting pieces of timber or stoneset in a wall for an arch to spring from, or to supportthe beam. Q. What is a gable? A. A gable is the upper part of the end wall of abuilding above the eaves and conforming to the angleof the roof. Q. What is a vaulted roof ? A, A vaulted roof, or more properly a vaulted ceil-ing, as there is always an additional outside roof tocover it, is built on the principle of the arch and isoften richly groined and ornamented with bosses andpendants. In some mediaeval buildings, probably owing EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE 47 to the walls not being of sufficient strength to bear theweight of stone, blocks of wood have been used insteadand made to look like stone. (Fig. 32.) Q. What is a groined ceiling? A. Most vaulted ceilings are groined, the groins beingthe angles formed by the intersection of the arches. Inmany cases they are rendered more prominent by beingribbed or molded, a boss or ornament being generallyplaced where all the ribs meet at the
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