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Definition of Octangles
1. octangle [n] - See also: octangle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octangles
Literary usage of Octangles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, Jonathan Foster (1864)
"... so that I found it possible to hollow out concavities of various forms at my
pleasure, squares, ovals, or octangles ; whereunto I could ..."
2. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects: Tr. from the by Giorgio Vasari, Jean Paul Richter (1864)
"... so that • I found it possible to hollow out concavities of various forms at
my pleasure, squares, ovals, or octangles ; whereunto I could ..."
3. Cities of Northern and Central Italy by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1876)
"In a circle between the two octangles is a figure of Justice, with the sword and
scales in her hand. This figure is foreshortened with such boldness as to ..."
4. Cities of central Italy by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1884)
"In a circle between the two octangles is a figure of Justice, with the sword and
scales in her hand. This figure is foreshortened with such boldness as to ..."
5. Reminiscences of Spain: The Country, Its People, History, and Monuments by Caleb Cushing (1833)
"The door of entrance occupies one of the octangles, and the altar is placed in
the opposite one; and the remaining six, separated by marble pilasters, ..."
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