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 996
ambs, capitals, archivolts, cornices, and tracerybars, of Venetian arciiitecture. We do not, iiowever, perceive tiiat any scale or dinieiisloais given to the examples illustrated, the absence of which materially lessens the useful-ness of the examples. German details may be sought in IMoliers work… … Sect. IV. PIERS AND COLUMNS. The general plans of the piers supporting the principal arches are either simple or com-pound : simple, when composed o[onei)lain member; and comjjound, when coiisisiing ofa core surrounded by smaller shafts, detached or engaged. Piers of the earliest periodfor carrying…
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