Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 290
one, the shade is cut away.) Chamfers of this kind are used on a small scale and in deli-cate work ; the coarse chamfers are found on all scales : / andg, Fig. LIII., in Venice, form the great angles of almost everyGothic palace ; the roll being a foot or a foot and a half round,and treated as a… … 264 THE STONES OF VENICE. hardly say how much nobler this arrangement is than a com-mon quoined angle ; it gives a finish to the aspect of thewhole pile attainable in no other way. And thus much mayserve concerning angle decoration by chamfer. CHAPTEE XXIII. THE EDGE AND FILLET. § l The decoration…
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