"Arcuated" Quotes from Famous Books
... was perfected by the mediaeval builders—the round arch in the twelfth and the pointed arch in the two succeeding centuries. Its progress was the realisation of three great aims, towards which the Romanesque architects were ever striving—the perfecting of the arcuated and vaulted construction, the increase of the altitude of their proportion, and the general adding of refinement and delicacy ... — Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys • Dugald Butler and Herbert Story |