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Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc.

Figura Trigesimasecunda.

John James translation

Delineatio geometrica coronicis, Ordinis Compositi.

Illustration from Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to delineate in perspective all designs relating to architecture

Ut hoc schema grandius ac distinctius esset, ejus medietatem dumtaxat suscepi delineandam. PN est vestigium geometricum. M est solidus paries. OO spatia columnarum. In H sunt crepidines coronicis. Elevatio geometrica latitudinis ædificii constat epistylio T, zophoro L, & coronâ V, supra quam eminet fastigium S.

Jam ut inveniatur centrum arcuum, distantiæ AV fiat æqualis distantia AC. Positaque una cuspide circini in C, alia extendatur usque ad V: ita fient arcus, quorum ultimus est BD, omnesque sunt concentrici. Elevatio F ostendit longitudinem ædificii ex parte GI; elevatio E ostendit longitudinem ipsius ex parte DR.

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