Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Orpington, Kent : George Allen · leaf 316
d CUSPS. 10. FINAL APPENDIX. 261 stone which form the tops of the balconies are of great strength anddepth, the small trefoiled arches being cut out of them as in Fig. III., soas hardly to diminish their binding Fig. III. MSkJZZ … power. In the lighter independentbalconies they are often cut deeper;but in all cases the bar of stoneis nearly independent of the smallshafts placed beneath it, and wouldstand firm though these were re-moved, as at a, Fig. II., supported either by the main shafts of the traceries, or by its own…
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