Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 159
the foliation, socalled, of penetrated spaces in stone surfaces, already enoughexplained in the Seven Lamps, Chap. III., p. 85 et seq. Itis degraded in dignity, and loses its usefulness, exactly inproportion to its multiplication on the arch. In later archi-tecture, especially English Tudor, it is… … Plate IV.— Arch Masonry. THE ARCII MASONRY. 14} exact application to the shoulder of the curve of the arch,varies with the direction of the weight to be sustained. I havespent more than a month, and that in hard work too, in merelytrying to get the forms of cusps into perfect order : wherebythe…
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