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The Octagon, Hexagon. and

The document discusses the subdivision of regular polygons like the octagon, triangle, and hexagon that are commonly used in ornamentation. It explains that diagonals and diameters are used to divide these shapes into a series of lines resembling pointed stars. Specific subdivision examples are provided for the octagon with 8 examples, the triangle with 5 simple examples, and the regular hexagon with 6 common examples. The document also discusses the oblong shape as the most common fundamental form, noting it is often subdivided without using the diagonal, instead relying on the mitral line of the angle to provide equal border widths. Examples of usual oblong subdivisions are provided.

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The Octagon, Hexagon. and

The document discusses the subdivision of regular polygons like the octagon, triangle, and hexagon that are commonly used in ornamentation. It explains that diagonals and diameters are used to divide these shapes into a series of lines resembling pointed stars. Specific subdivision examples are provided for the octagon with 8 examples, the triangle with 5 simple examples, and the regular hexagon with 6 common examples. The document also discusses the oblong shape as the most common fundamental form, noting it is often subdivided without using the diagonal, instead relying on the mitral line of the angle to provide equal border widths. Examples of usual oblong subdivisions are provided.

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18 The Subdivisions of the Octagon, Triangle, andHexagon.

The Oblong,&c.
The Subdivision of the Octagon, Triangle, and
Hexagon. (Plates 11 and
12.)
Next to the square: the regular polygous most frequently occur-
ring in ornamentation are the Octagon and the Hexagon. The Triangle,
Pentagon, Decagon and Duodecagon are, for obvious reasons, less
common; w^hile the other regular polygons are scarcely used at all.
Sometimes the semi-regular polygons also appear. These are formed
by cutting-off equal triangles from the angles of a regular polygon
in such a manner that the resulting figui'e has long and short sides
alternately, and the angles all lie on the circumference of a circle.
Diagonals and Diameters with series of lines in the manner of
pointed stars, are the readiest auxiliaries for dividing regular and
semi-regular Polygons.
Plate 11. The Octagox.
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8. The best-known Subdivisions.
Plate 12. The Triangle, the Hexagon, &c.
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5. Simple Subdivisions of the Equilateral triangle.
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13. The best-known Subdivisions of the regular Hexagon.
14. Subdivisions of a regular Pentagon.
The Oblong, and its Subdivision. (Plates
13

16.)
The right-angled plane figure with unequal pairs of sides,
known as an Oblong, is the most usual of all fundamental forms.
Ceilings, floors, walls, doors, wainscoting, panels of fui-niture, table-
tops, book-covers, and numbers of other objects, have an oblong
shape. The difference in the lengths of the sides adapts itself to all
possible conditions: the Oblong approaching the square on the one
hand and the Band or Border on the other; so that the divisions are
very various; as will be seen by a glance at the examples. As a
rule, the diagonal is not used as an auxiliary line, but is replaced
by the mitral-line of the angle, as this latter alone gives equal
breadths of the Border. When the Oblong approaches the Square, a
distorted square subdivision is sometimes resorted-to, (Compare PL
16,
fig.
2).
Pjate 13. The Oblong.
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6. The usual subdivisions.
Mosaic, flooring, Italian, 16th century, (Storck).

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