. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. t thosefound in the nave at Canterbury, orin other cotemporary buildings; com-prising the space between the buttresses,the entire area of the parallelogram con-tained between lines drawn through themiddle of the piers from north to southis 2228 feet; while the points of supportwithin that area are 551 feet, or one-quarter of the whole. On the section, shown at fig. 1304., thebuttresses on the north side project6 feet; the north wall is 5 feet 6 inch
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. t thosefound in the nave at Canterbury, orin other cotemporary buildings; com-prising the space between the buttresses,the entire area of the parallelogram con-tained between lines drawn through themiddle of the piers from north to southis 2228 feet; while the points of supportwithin that area are 551 feet, or one-quarter of the whole. On the section, shown at fig. 1304., thebuttresses on the north side project6 feet; the north wall is 5 feet 6 inchesin thickness, the half piers attachedproject internally 2 feet 1 inch; thenorth aisle is in width 13 f>-et 1 inch,the pier 10 feet 8 inches; the clearwidth of the nave 32 feet 5 inches;the pier 10 feet 8 inches; the soutliaisle 13 feet 1 inch, the half-pier whichj)rojects from the south wall 2 feet 1 inch,and the thickness of the south wall 7 feet2 inches; there are no buttresses, as thecloister, now removed, served their pur-pose. The width from cast to west,measured from the centres of the piers,being 22 feet 1 inch, and the width of. 104. PRACTICE OF ARCHITKCTURE. Hook III. outside S feet 2 cathfdral or duoino at Pisapresents a very different result;the total width of the nave is113 feet 6 inche-s, and the widthof a sevcry 17 feet 1 inch, thearea of winch is nearly 19:50 feet,the of support being only atwelftli of that quantity on theplan, and one-sixth as regardedupon the section. Hence we seetlie necessity of ascertaining theproportions of mass and void in abuilding, before we can accuratelyiuilge of its merits as a style, eachiaving its peculiar quantity, whichmarks its character. The section or rather plan ofthe walls, on the level with thegallery of the triforium, showsthe method adopted to proportionthe openings to the mass. Thethickness of the clerestory walls isincluded within the eight equila-teral triangles, and where theirBides
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