. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Fig. 1263^ UECKIXUTON. Sect. VI. PllINCIlLES OF rilOPORTION. The following portion of the elucidation of this subject was originally jiublished iu1 847 by E. Cresy in his Encyclopedia, as referred to at page 900 of this work, who noticed,wjiile introducing it, that our attention must not be directed to the decorative iiortions ofthe style, but to the construction, from the study of which some valuable lessons may bededuced. Chap. IV. PRINCIPLES OF P
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Fig. 1263^ UECKIXUTON. Sect. VI. PllINCIlLES OF rilOPORTION. The following portion of the elucidation of this subject was originally jiublished iu1 847 by E. Cresy in his Encyclopedia, as referred to at page 900 of this work, who noticed,wjiile introducing it, that our attention must not be directed to the decorative iiortions ofthe style, but to the construction, from the study of which some valuable lessons may bededuced. Chap. IV. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. 1021 Tlie Saxnn vianner nf Building. — A division of the transept of the cathedral at Win-cliuster lias been selected as the be-t authenticated example of the style in use previous tothe Norman Conquest. In a paper read before the British Archaeological Association atheir second annual congress, held at Winchester in August, 1845, the author gave liisreasons for supposing it to be the work of 3t. A ihehvold, for which the reader is referred toits Transactions. Arclies upon arches enabled the Saxonsto continue their walls to a c
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