- the main
longitudinal ridge rib.
Secondary arched diagonal ribs,
called tiercerons, span from the
springers to the
transverse ridge ribs.
Liernes (shaded...
-
profusion of
tierceron ribs like palm leaves, with as many as
eleven tiercerons curving upward from a
single springer. An
octagonal tierceron vault completed...
- (1192–), and
Salisbury (1220–) are all, with Canterbury,
major examples.
Tiercerons –
decorative vaulting ribs – seem
first to have been used in vaulting...
- and
Griffe 62.5
Mulatto Negro and
white 50 Os
rouge Negro and
Indian 50
Tierceron Mulatoon and
Quadroon 37.5
Quadroon White and
Mulatto 25
Octoroon White...
-
Tierceron-lierne
vaulting of the
choir and fan
vaulting of the
crossing of St George's Chapel, with the
Garter banners on
either side below...
-
extended since. The
ceiling over the
central section of the nave is a
tierceron vault in plaster; this was
added during William Burn's
restoration of...
-
Alexander the Mason, who
developed the nave's more elaborate, but
symmetrical tierceron vaulting, the
crossing vaulting,
Galilee Porch and
western facade screen...
- to diorite) The
naves are
covered with
Gothic ribbed vaults, made from
tiercerons joined together by
spine and
cross ribs and by ribs that draw circles...
-
replacing frescos on the ceiling,
while the
formerets (half ribs) and the
tiercerons (secondary ribs) are
adorned with
richly elaborated motifs. The stained-gl****...
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except for
those of the
transept and the
chancel which are
reinforced with
tiercerons. For
centuries it was held with
complete certainty that the
first master...
