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 893
correspondent to the axis of the elevation of the capital, with aradius equal to two modules, describe a circle, wliich divide into sixteen equal partsTheir lines of division will each correspond to the centre of each leaf. The vase of thtcapital is determined by a circle whose radius is 14^ parts.… … Fig. 890. Above the leaves come the sixteen volutes, whereof the eight larger ones support the foniangles of the abacus, and the eight smaller ones support the flowers which decorate themiddle of the abacus. The volutes seen in profile may be drawn geometrically with thecompasses, but they are…
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