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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 19
outside of them, a border of lozenges, red and green : the half lozenges contain
triangles of the same colour. A dark circle held brass letters, whose places may
still be seen; but six of them alone remain. The extreme lines or border of this
great circle run into four smaller circles facing the cardinal points. The center
of that to the east is of orange, variegated with green; round it is a circle of red
and green wedges, on the outside of which are lozenges of the same colours, and
finished by a dark border. To the north the circle has an hexagon center of va-
riegated grey and yellow: a band of porphyrjr surrounds it with a dark border.
The west circle is of a similar design. The south, a black center within a variegated
octagon. A large lozenge incloses all these circles, which is formed by a double
border of olive colour, within which, on one corner only, are one hundred and
thirty-eight circles intersecting each other, and each made by four oval pieces in-
closing a lozenge. The other parts vary in figure, and would require a minute-
ness of description, which, in the present state of the pavement, it would be vain
to attempt, and is, fortunately, superseded by the laborious engraving designed to
illustrate this page. But, with all its accuracy, it may not be able to give, with
respect to its colours, an adequate representation of what it was; or, from its
present faded condition, of what it is.
The large lozenge has, also, a circle on each of its sides, to the north and
south-west, and to the north and south-east. The first contains an hexagon,
divided by lozenges of green, within which are forty-one red stars. In the inter-
sections are triangles of the same colour. Green triangles form an hexagon round
every intersection. The second contains an hexagon, within which are seven
stars of red and green, forming a variety of hexagons, which inclose yellow stars.
The third contains an hexagon, formed by intersecting lines into hexagons and
triangles: the former of them inclose stars of red and green; the latter are
of red, green, and yellow. The last is an hexagon, with thirty-one similar figures
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outside of them, a border of lozenges, red and green : the half lozenges contain
triangles of the same colour. A dark circle held brass letters, whose places may
still be seen; but six of them alone remain. The extreme lines or border of this
great circle run into four smaller circles facing the cardinal points. The center
of that to the east is of orange, variegated with green; round it is a circle of red
and green wedges, on the outside of which are lozenges of the same colours, and
finished by a dark border. To the north the circle has an hexagon center of va-
riegated grey and yellow: a band of porphyrjr surrounds it with a dark border.
The west circle is of a similar design. The south, a black center within a variegated
octagon. A large lozenge incloses all these circles, which is formed by a double
border of olive colour, within which, on one corner only, are one hundred and
thirty-eight circles intersecting each other, and each made by four oval pieces in-
closing a lozenge. The other parts vary in figure, and would require a minute-
ness of description, which, in the present state of the pavement, it would be vain
to attempt, and is, fortunately, superseded by the laborious engraving designed to
illustrate this page. But, with all its accuracy, it may not be able to give, with
respect to its colours, an adequate representation of what it was; or, from its
present faded condition, of what it is.
The large lozenge has, also, a circle on each of its sides, to the north and
south-west, and to the north and south-east. The first contains an hexagon,
divided by lozenges of green, within which are forty-one red stars. In the inter-
sections are triangles of the same colour. Green triangles form an hexagon round
every intersection. The second contains an hexagon, within which are seven
stars of red and green, forming a variety of hexagons, which inclose yellow stars.
The third contains an hexagon, formed by intersecting lines into hexagons and
triangles: the former of them inclose stars of red and green; the latter are
of red, green, and yellow. The last is an hexagon, with thirty-one similar figures
D 2