Arthur Stratton · Series VIII. Vestibules, Vaulted Loggias and Covered Approaches
Plate XLVIII. Vestibules and Covered Ways
Plate XLVIII. — A three-way vestibule of simple form is shown in No. I, in which barrel vaults are supported on the side walls and from intermediate colonnades of single columns. No. II shows a variation common to Italian practice in which intersecting vaults are supported by columns, the whole area being divided into nine square compartments. In Nos. III and IV is shown the magnificent arrangement of a vestibule having the central space vaulted and the side passageways ceiled, found at the Farnese Palace, Rome: this is to be recommended on account of its direct simplicity and expressiveness.
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