Abstract
In this paper the author examine the possibility that the alternate piers of early gothic sexpartite vaulting churchese inherited those of othere regions, or that the former was brought into existence under the influence of the latter. First the author present the system of classification of the form of pier, and then based on this make clear the features of the alternate piers of all regions (Rheinlande, Lombardy, Normandy etc.). Compared these features with that of early gothic sexpartite vaulting churches, the relation between the two can hardly be observable except some square quadripartite vaulting churches in Ile-de. France, all of witch are before early gothic. Taking also the distribution of the alternate piers before early gothic into consideration, there is very little possibility mentioned in the opening sentence.
