The power of form applied to geometric tracery: one hundred designs and their foundations resulting from one diagram

by Robert William Billings

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151 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2018

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Robert William Billings (1813 - 1874)...

Reviews

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read all of the words and have worked a number of the designs out with compass and ruler. (Fun in a nerdy way.) While 100 possible tracery designs are shown, the actual mathematical layouts are not always sufficiently described.