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 912
s, but theymust rise no higher than the top of the impost, the mouldings of which must finish andserve them instead of a capital, from whence the groins and pendentives are to spring, asalso the bands or arcs-doubleuux which divide the vault. 2636. In the examples of arcades, we have followed those… … Fig. 908. expedient for arching in cases where columns have been provided, as in places where theuse of old ones may be imposed on the architect. The larger aperture may be from4i to 5 diameters of the column in width, and in height double that dimension. Thesmaller opening is not to exceed two…
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