Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 288
he excessively ugly and valueless ar-rangement of Fig. II., rather than sacrifice the sacred hori-zontality of their arch system. It will be noted, in Plate XI., that the form and character ofthe tracery bars themselves are independent of the position orprojection of the cusps on their flat sides.… … Fig. III. 258 THE STONES OF VENICE. CO other case the form of the aperture is determined, either bya flat and solid cusp as in 6, or by a pierced cusp as in 4. The effect of the pierced cusp isseen in the uppermost figure,.Plate XVIII. Vol. II. ; and it*derivation from the solid cuspwill be…
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