Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 451
n a most simple manner, by thin laths, which arecarved into any fanciful form, or in which rows of holes arecut, generally diamond-shaped ; and they are then nailed oneabove another, to give the carving depth. Pinnacles are never 32 THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE. raised on the roof, though carved… … Vm. 5. canton of Uri, are occasionally supported on arched beams, asshown in Fig. 5, which have a very pleasing effect. Of the adaptation of the building to climate and character,little can be said. When I called it national, I meant onlythat it wras quite sui generis, and, therefore, being only…
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