Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 151
■■■■ 132 X. THE AECH LINE. CONSTRUCTION. Fig. XXXIIL, to be described hereafter : with such caprices weare not here concerned. § xvi. We are, however, concerned to notice the absurdity ofanother form of arch, which, with the four-centred, belongs tothe English perpendicular Gothic. Taking the gable… … senting the relative pointed arch, we may evidently conceive anarch formed by reversed curves on the inside of the gable, ashere shown by the inner curved lines. I imagine the reader bythis time knows enough of the nature of arches to understandthat, whatever strength or stability was gained by the…
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