Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 76
THE ALHAMBRA COURT. 7i leaving the eye at liberty to run downwards, would have given an appearance of weakness to the beams. On the soffite of the beams is a specimen of an orna¬ ment produced by the interlacing of lines, of which there are endless varieties to be found in the Casa Beal ; they are… … Fig. 1. Fig. 2. In Fig. 2, if a series of lines be drawn equi-distant, and parallel to each other, crossed by a similar series at right angles, so as to form Example of squares, and Principles 1 and 2. the spaces thus given set off di¬ agonally, in- tersecting each alter¬ nate square, the figures…
