Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 394
ich is found between the three cornices corresponds inplane with the frieze of the entablature and is called the tympa-num of the pediment. The height of a pediment is determined as follows. In Fig. 20let A be the point in which the axis of the pediment intersects thehighest line of the horizontal… … ^ARCHED * DOORWAY PLATE XXII.(A reproduction at small size of Portfolio Plate XXII.) THE KOMAN ORDERS 43 semi-circle intersects the axis of the pediment at the point B.With B as a center and with a radins equal to the distance from Bto C (the extreme outside j^oint of the horizontal cornice) draw…
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