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Title: An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863 Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894
Subjects: Architecture Architects
Publisher: London Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: Architecture Landscape Design - University of Toronto
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land alone, therewould be ample evidence of tiicinventive power of the freemasons,and the ))rogressive imi)rovemeiitin their school for depicting form.The quatrefoil in fig. 1279. is metwith in the panels of several altartombs, in tiie spandrillsof the arches of door-ways, and it is worthy of observation thatall the mitres, where the figures change theirform, are perfect for each : had these con-siderations been neglected, we should notliave had the graceful flowing lines foundin these designs: no other triangles crossingare so universally ai)i)lical))e, or recpiire lessskill in their adoption. The student of thepresent day might occupy a life in the col-lection of these subjects, and they are mostexcellent models for the application of therules of theoretical geometry to practice. IVindows of three Days or Divisions aremet with, having heads of singular beauty,inclosed within an equilateral triangle, andso numerous are the designs, tliat it israre to meet with two exactly similar. In
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ii;iliiii!llii!c4rig. i-Mi. J 030 PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE. Book III. the more simple of three days or lower divisions, tt-.e liead is occupied by tlirec circles^each of which contains a trefoil constructed upon the crossing of cither three or four equi-lateral triangles. A very extraordinary desijin, composed of intcrsectinij circles, is to be seen at the eastCiid of the chancel of tlie churth at Sutton, at Hone, in Kent; although much dilapidated,it .till preserves many of its original Howing hues, all struck from the same radius, thruugblioi.its previously determined by crossing the primitive circle by four c<)uilateral triangles. At half the heiglit of the headof the window a. horizontal linemay be supposed to be drawnfrom one side to the other, onwhich are three circles: the twoouter touching, are crossed bythe third, struck from the pointof their junction ; with the sameradius several spherical trianglesare struck from the points ofintersections, producing thelines, which uni

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