Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 69
these on a wide plan: only there is some diffi-culty here in the nomenclature, for an arched roof over a narrowspace is called an arch; but a flat roof over a narrow space has(I believe) no name, except that which belongs properly to thepiece of stone or wood composing such a roof, namely,… … in. THE SIX DIVISIONS OF ARCHITECTURE. 51 for instance, a?, y, or 2, over the plan or area a, Fig. I. Havingdone this, let him imagine these several divisions, first movedalong (or set side by side) over a rectangle, 5, Fig. I., and thenrevolved round a point (or crossed at it) over a polygon,…
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