This is the vault from the underside. The central column is quite slender but adequate for the job. Next week we will check whether it is straight and vertical. There is some doubt about both.
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Jacques Heyman: The Stone Skeleton : Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture
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This is the vault from the underside. The central column is quite slender but adequate for the job. Next week we will check whether it is straight and vertical. There is some doubt about both.
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