Lexicographical Neighbors of Tierceron
Literary usage of Tierceron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Double Choir of Glasgow Cathedral: A Study of Rib Vaulting by Thomas Lennox Watson (1901)
"The tierceron appears at Glasgow in the aisle of Fergus, the southern crypt,*
... 39, and it will be seen that it possesses one tierceron in each of the ..."
2. Mediaeval Church Vaulting by Clarence Ward (1915)
"LIERNE VAULTING tierceron ... were added to the tierceron vaults. These may have
been introduced by the builders from a feeling that the ..."
3. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1909)
"(4) tierceron vaults. Ely, presbytery; Exeter, nave and choir; Hereford; Lichfield;
... (5) tierceron and lierne vaults. Chester, nave; Ely, choir and Lady ..."
4. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1905)
"If such a vault as that shown in 308.10 be examined, it will be seen that the
tierceron DE is only obliquely abutted by the ..."
5. The Mediæval Church Architecture of England by Charles Herbert Moore (1912)
"This occurs on the north side only, and consists of a diminutive arch for the
support of the tierceron between the groin rib and the longitudinal rib, ..."
6. Development & Character of Gothic Architecture by Charles Herbert Moore (1899)
"The mouldings of the transverse, diagonal, tierceron, and longitudinal ribs,
which are respectively as at A, B, C (Fig. I22),1 are reduced by inter- ..."
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