An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1056
ss descending almost to the tops of the doors which afford accis-sto the cathedral. The construction of such works must excite our highest admiration, forit ap])c^ars scarcely possible to excel the perfect manner in which the parts are pultogether and worked olii the execution being in every… … Fig. iSJi. ASIIENS CATHEDRAL : SOUTH TRAKSElT. Sixteen divisions are employed in this finjure, and by crossing as many squares, we .^rIi>eat the method by which it is set out; each side of tlie square is equal to the radius bywhich the master line on the outer bead or circle is struck: wliere…
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