. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. re of this period but is set outTiie mullions that bound the divisit)ns are all portions of this figure, as are themouldings, which sweep round the arches of the buildings themselves. Nothing can sur-l)ass the brilliant effect of these marigold windows when glazed with rich colours, andexposed to either a rising or setting sun ; in the exain])le now described, this effect is stillfurther heightened by making nearly the whole end of the southern tran
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. re of this period but is set outTiie mullions that bound the divisit)ns are all portions of this figure, as are themouldings, which sweep round the arches of the buildings themselves. Nothing can sur-l)ass the brilliant effect of these marigold windows when glazed with rich colours, andexposed to either a rising or setting sun ; in the exain])le now described, this effect is stillfurther heightened by making nearly the whole end of the southern transept a continuationof the same design, the glass descending almost to the tops of the doors which afford accis-sto the cathedral. The construction of such works must excite our highest admiration, forit ap])c^ars scarcely possible to excel the perfect manner in which the parts are pultogether and worked olii the execution being in every paiticular worthy the design. Chap. IV. PRINCIPLES OF PllOPOIlTION. 1035 The Rose Window ??; the Suulh Transept at Amic?ts, 29 fuct G inches in (.liaiucterupon two squares, which cross each other Fig. iSJi. ASIIENS CATHEDRAL : SOUTH TRAKSElT. Sixteen divisions are employed in this finjure, and by crossing as many squares, we .^rIi>eat the method by which it is set out; each side of tlie square is equal to the radius bywhich the master line on the outer bead or circle is struck: wliere the squares cross eachother are the divisions of the pattern, and their several points are the centres upon whichthe i)ointed arches are struck, which surround the outer portion of the rose. Where the lines of the squares cross, in the interior of the figure, the smaller divisionsare established, and their points of intersection serve for centres to strike the lesser curves;to show this clearly the whole must be set out, and drawn to a large scale. The architecture of France underwent a material change after the thirteenth century ;the heads of tlie
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