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PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE. Book III.

the more simple of three days or lower divisions, tt-.e liead is occupied by tlirec circles^
each of which contains a trefoil constructed upon the crossing of cither three or four equi-
lateral triangles.
A very extraordinary desijin, composed of intcrsectinij circles, is to be seen at the east
Ciid of the chancel of tlie churth at Sutton, at Hone, in Kent; although much dilapidated,
it '.till preserves many of its original Howing hues, all struck from the same radius, thruugb
lioi.its
previously determined by crossing the primitive circle by four c<}uilateral triangles.
At half the heiglit of the head
of the window a. horizontal line
may be supposed to be drawn
from one side to the other, on
which are three circles: the two
outer touching, are crossed by
the third, struck from the point
of their junction ;
with the same
radius several spherical triangles
are struck from the points of
intersections,
producing the
lines, which unite and divide
the window bead into several
compartments, differing in pat-
tern and dimension. After the
circles were struck, the lines tiiat
did not
i)!ay
into each other
were left out, and those only re-
tained which flowed on grace-
fully
;
by these nice consider-
ations and just application of
principles, the masons were cer-
tain of producing a perfect ef-
fect, without rigidly adhering to
any particular form.
^'^
^'^^'
Windows
of
four
Days or Divisions.
Among the heads of a more simple character
are those which contain one large cirrcle, subdivided by
three equilateral triangles, each
lluNt. CIlUlXll, liLiSr.
Fig. 1385.
Fig. 129i.
inclosing a trefoil. Others contain, in addition to the one great cquil.ateral triangle,
two smaller, const) ucted upon the points of its bxise, and dropping into the space comprised
letween the heads of the divisions below.