Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century : illustrated by commentaries and descriptions (1859)
Villard, de Honnecourt, active 13th century, Lassus, Jean Baptiste Antoine, 1807-1857, Darcel, Alfred, 1818-1893, Quicherat, Jules Étienne Joseph, 1814-1882, Willis, Robert, 1799-1878 · London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 255
h point will be found in one of the superior orders, or even in the hoodmold. But that the nomenclature was employed in the middle ages in the manner above described is perfectly cer- tain ; and the manuscript of Wilars de Honecort shews that its origin dates from a very early period, probably soon… … joints directed to the centre B. But the key- Hsur.is.-A** of thorourth point, stone has only its lower joint, n m, directed to that centre; its upper joint, cA, is vertical and directed to the middle point, C, of the span. The dotted line b A, directed to the centre B, shews that the difference…
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