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 1060
ules of geometry toarchitecture ; every feature,whether the simple mouldingor the most elaborate tracery,was set out either upon theequilateral triangle, square,or pentagon, and these regu-lar figures seem to have beenchosen on account of thefacility by which they aresubdivided. From the… … Fig. lii>S lU.S Ol IiOSI.\^ CllAl LL, 1040 PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE. Book III. its mrtiiy moiildcJ arches yielding to astvie ,li:it combined greater simplicitywith a more tlioioiigli knowledge of con-struction, wliicli will be evident upon anexamination of St. Stephens Chapel, West-minster, (now…
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