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Ronald

September 16, 2007 04:34PM

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Sirfiroth Wrote:
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> > Has anyone determined a particular meaning or
> reason for the seven course corbeling of the
> upper portion of the Grand Gallery?

A corbelled vault is used in the G G, because the distance from one wall to the other was too large. A piece of stone put flat couldn't have overcome the span.

Ronald.

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Subject	Author	Posted
Grand Gallery	Sirfiroth	September 16, 2007 08:55AM
Re: Grand Gallery	Ronald	September 16, 2007 04:34PM
Re: Grand Gallery	Sirfiroth	September 17, 2007 12:10AM
Re: Grand Gallery	MJ Thomas	September 17, 2007 02:05AM
Re: Grand Gallery	Jon_B	September 17, 2007 11:40AM
In addition	Anthony	September 17, 2007 02:56PM
Re: In addition	Ronald	September 17, 2007 04:37PM
Re: In addition	MJ Thomas	September 17, 2007 05:01PM
Re: Grand Gallery	MJ Thomas	September 17, 2007 04:35PM
Re: Grand Gallery	Archae Solenhofen	September 17, 2007 10:18PM
Re: Grand Gallery	MJ Thomas	September 18, 2007 02:00AM

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