Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 91
re cut the whole out of one stone, which will giveus the form d. That the water may not lodge on the upper 78 THE STONES OF VENICE. ledge of this, we had better round it oft*; and it will betterprotect the joint at the bottom of the slope if we let the stoneproject over it in a roll, cutting the… … Fig. VI. reaching it completely. But the essential part of the arrange-ment is the up and under cutting of the curve. Whereverwe find this, we are sure that the climate is wet, or that thebuilders have been bred in a wet country, and that the rest ofthe building will be prepared for rough weather.…
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