A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 383
e angle as in the former instance (as at b, fig. 2, WoodcutNo. 814), you may get either a small diamond-shaped space in thecentre or a square, but in both cases the pyramid becomes veryawkward ; and by carrying on the system as before, you never arriveat a circle, but at an elliptical section as… … Vault of Aisle at St. Georges, Windsor. what was redundant at the sides, as in E, fig. 2, or, as shown in theview of the interior (Woodcut No. 846) further on. The richness of the ornaments, and the loftiness and elegance of thewhole, lead us to overlook these defects at Cambridge, but nothing…
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