Innovative vaulting in the architecture of the Roman Empire : 1st to 4th centuries CE
2015, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; bookplate of Capt Richard Campbell, OBE, RN. Item #477149
Physical description; xxvi, 254 pages ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction – Opus Caementicium – Barrel vaults of brick – Complex vault forms of brick – Vaulting tubes – Hollow voussoirs – Vaulting ribs of armchair voussoirs – Vault behavior and structural form – Vaulting techniques in context. Subjects; Vaults (Architecture) – Rome – History – 1st-4th centuries. Architecture, Roman – 1st-4th centuries. Building, Terra-cotta – Rome – History – 1st-4th centuries. Architecture and society – Rome.
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