Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 41
af-scrolls are a series of leaves grow¬ ing out one from the other in a continuous line, whilst the Arabian ornaments always grow out of a continuous stem. "When styles become debased, neither of these laws is followed ; as in Elizabethan ornament, where nothing is continuous, nothing radiates ;… … We shall find these laws of equal distribution , radi¬ ation from, a parent stem , continuity of line , and tangential curvature , ever present in natural leaves. 8. We would call attention to the nature of the Curves in exquisite curves in use by the Arabs and Moors. Moors the As with proportion,…
