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 1057
rom an improved knowledge in tlie art of construction. Thelodges of freemasons were gradually approaching the principles which directed the effbrtaof the architects of the Byzantine school, and which were fuund too refilled and delicate tobe practised out of Italy after the eleventh cjutury.… … Fig.1293. ST. OUEN AT HOUEN. When the sides of a pentagon are prolonged, they unite and form five isosceles triangles,each having for its base a side of the original pentagon. The ecjuilateral triangle, thesquare, and the pentagon may have been adopted by difrercnt confrateridties of freemasons;the…
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