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XXXVII. Observations on the Use of the Mysterious Figure, called Vesica Piscis, in the Architecture of the Middle Ages, and in Gothic Architecture; by T. Kerrich, M.A. F.S.A. Principal Librarian to the University of Cambridge
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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In my observations on Gothic Architecture, published in the Sixteenth Volume of the Archaeologia, I ventured to express my belief that the rules and principles of it might be recovered by a patient examination of the numerous buildings in that style still remaining. And I also remarked, that the Mysterious Figure, which seems to have been called Vesica Piscis, had a great influence upon the forms of all sorts of things, which were intended for sacred uses; after the establishment of Christianity.
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page 365 note a That is, the length A B: breadth C D:: Sine: Versed Sine of 30°.
page 366 note a See page 354.
page 366 note b This is a double square, and I believe most of these figures will be found to have properties that are singular.
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