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 929
omewhere met with in aFrench author, importing that neither men, nor even angels or demi-gods, could stand inall weathers upon the tops of houses or churches. 2714. The observation is wise, no doubt, (we doubt the wisdom of it,) yet, as apiece of marble or stone is not likely to be mistaken for a… … Chap. 1. rEDIAIENTS. 909 durable, and elegant ornaments of a structure, it may be boped they «ill still continue tobe tolerated. We fear that if the only reasons for their toleration wtre those assigned by.he author, their doom would soon be sealed. Sect. XVII. PEDIMENTS. 2715. A pediment, whose…
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