A shriek that echoed from the Joisted roof, And up the stair, and further still and further, Till in some ringing chamber far aloof It ceased its tale of murther!
"The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood"
Thomas Hood
The tunnel vault and the Joisted ceiling were equally well suited to the long galleries of Assyrian palaces.
"A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1"
Georges Perrot Charles Chipiez