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...Prenons ces larmiers qui, extérieurement, remplacent la corniche antique, et qui couronnent toutes les ordonnances de nos édifices du commencement du XIII^e siècle. Ces larmiers, dont la figure 11 donne un des premiers types, sont tracés suivant certains angles. S'ils sont très-inclinés, l'angle de pente a 60º (fig. 12, en A), qui est l'inclinaison d'un côté d'un triangle équilatéral (n'oublions pas ce point). Le carré de la mouchette a, se retournant à angle droit, donne un angle de 30º avec l'horizon...

This image comes from Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1856) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879).

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