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 1071
tyle have not sought for the trueprinciples which mark its several changes ;they have not examined into its constructivearrangements; had they done so, they wouldhave perceived that, as the skill of the free-masons advanced, and their workmanship im-proved, they economised material, con-structed… … ST. ceokoes chapel, WlMlSOa. Chap. TV. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. 1051 Doric proportions were changed to tlie Ionic. In the Doric we had two-thirds mass, one-third void ; in the Ionic half mass, half void ; at Wells Chapter-house one-third mass,two-thirds void; in St. Georges Chapel, one-sixth mass…
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