An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, and practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888) (14784266622)

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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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Fig. 1294. AMIENS; ROSE WINUOW. 1038 PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE. Book III. more reci-nt conical ..nd honiisphericil domes arc iilaced : the intersection of the twoercif tiian^^los fixes the diameter to he given to the internal void, around which the sideaisle, its walls and pillars should be formed. Tlic circle which has its diameter coni-inised between the apex of the two equilaterals determines the clear width between the
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Fig. 1295. U.llI liimiY OF PISA. outer walls. That the architects of those days delighted in the forms produced by theseveral intersections of the circle in combination with the equilateral triangle, we areassured by viewing the several designs they have left us in mosaic upon the walls of theDuonio, and at the cathedrals of Florence, Sienna, and elsewhere. Roshjn Cliiipcl, Scotland, commenced about the year 1446, has its buttresses wellsuited to give aid to the walls, and to enable them to resist the thrust of its nearly semi-circular vault, which they receive below the springing. The extreme wiiith from taceto face of the buttresses is 48 feet 4 inches; the span of the nave is io ieet 8 inches,being 5 inches less than the proportion of a third ^ the two side aisles together CllAP. IV. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. 1039 are 15 feet, or williin a fewinches of the width of the•lave; consctjiicntly the wallsand piers in this beautifulexample are 17 feet 8 inches,or 15 inches more in exten