Pugin, Augustus Charles; Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore; Willson, Edward J.; Walker, Thomas Larkins; Pugin, Augustus Charles [Hrsg.]; Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore [Hrsg.]; Walker, Thomas Larkins [Hrsg.]: Examples Of Gothic Architecture: Selected From Various Antient Edifices In England: Consisting Of Plans, Elevations, Sections, And Parts At Large ; ... Accompanied By Historical and Descriptive Accounts ... (Band 3) (London, 1840)

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

The Fireplace on tlie left is much purer iti its enrichments than is usually met
with in this style. A male and a female figure, with Ionic caps, on each side,
support a rich cornice, which is surmounted by a stylobate, whereon are placed
columns and entablature of the Corinthian order: between the columns, which
are also enriched, are figures of Prudence, Aritlimetic, Geometry, and Justice.
On the pedestal supporting Arithmetica, is the following inscription :—

Par impar numeris vestigo rite subactis,

Me pete, concinne, si numerare cupis;

and, on that supporting Geometria,—

Mensuras rerum spatiis dimetiora equis
Quid ccelo distet Terra, locusque loco.

Prvdentia and Jvstisia have no motto. In the centre is a figure of Pan.
Opposite the fireplace is an angular projection, ornamented with niches, which
seem to have served as seats. The ceiling is coved up to the form of the old
roof shewn in Plate XVI., and is richly ribbed in plaster.