Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 294
f course desirable that this thin sub-arch of marbleshould project enough to sustain the facing of the wall; and thereader will see, in Fig. LYII., that its edge forms a kind of nar-row band round the arch (£), a band which the least enrichmentwould render a valuable decorative feature. Now this… … 276 XXIII. THE EDGE AjSTD FILLET. DECORATION. easily have been clog-toothed, but the Byzantine architects hadnot invented the dogtooth, and would not have used it here, ifthey had; for the dogtooth cannot be employed alone, especiallyon so principal an angle as this of the main arches,…
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