. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. of the me-dicBval period led at last to thegreatest perfection, beyond whicliit seems impossible for us to advance. In selecting a style of any oneperiod, it may be fairly asked whetherthe principles found in the latter, orthe economy adopted in the con-structions of the 15th century, mightnot be applied to it, and the sameeffect produced,—the section of thecliapter-house at Wells, for instance,lightened of half its material : un-doubtedly it might,
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. of the me-dicBval period led at last to thegreatest perfection, beyond whicliit seems impossible for us to advance. In selecting a style of any oneperiod, it may be fairly asked whetherthe principles found in the latter, orthe economy adopted in the con-structions of the 15th century, mightnot be applied to it, and the sameeffect produced,—the section of thecliapter-house at Wells, for instance,lightened of half its material : un-doubtedly it might, for the loftypointed arch, not having the thrustwhich the latter, struck from fourcentres, had, would exert less thrust,and be in favour of such a change. But at the present day, when copiesare rigidly made of the finest ex-amples of each style, it would seem abold innovation to suggest such anadoption; still it might be introduced,and probably would have been, hadthe freemasons continued an operativefraternity, and been required to buildin the Lancet or other style, whichsuperseded it. The same decora-tions an i form of arch may be used. Fig 1309. VAULTING OF KINGS COLLEGE CIlAPIil. in the later styles as in the earlier, as far as construction is concerned, and we have evi-dence of sufficient stiength in the example before us; the principles are the same in eacii,though they may differ in form ; there would be no more difficulty in transforming onestyle to that of another, than was experienced by William of Wykeham, when he changedthe Saxon nave of Winchester to the Perpendicular. On the .section shown at Jig. 1308. a line is drawn exhibiting the catenarian curve, forthe purpose of showing that the abutment piers are set out in correspondence with itsprinciples; it is not contended that a knowledge of this curve guided the freemasons iaproportioning their piers, or that their flying buttresses were always placed within it;but it is singular that in those structures where th
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