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{{en|1=The sacred cut<ref name="dartmouth">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160403010817/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit7/unit7.html Ad Quadratum, the Sacred Cut, &amp; Roman Architecture] &ndash; archived</ref> <ref name="watts-don+car">Watts, Donald J. and Carol M.; A Roman Apartment Complex; Sci. Am., Vol. 255, no.6, 132-140, Dec. 1986</ref> <ref name="watts_pompeii_homes">Watts C.M. 1987, A pattern language for houses at Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia, Ann Arbor.</ref> <ref name="watts-car+don">Watts, Carol Martin & Donald J.: &ldquo;Geometrical Ordering of the garden Houses at Ostia,&rdquo; in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. XLVI (1987): pp. 265-276</ref> <ref name="watts-de">Watts D.J. 1997, &ldquo;Ein altroemischer Apartmentkomplex,&rdquo; Fruehe Stadtkulturen, 89-93, Heidelberg (in German); translation: &ldquo;An ancient Roman apartment complex,&rdquo; Early Urban Cultures</ref> <ref name="watts-gerasa">Watts, Carol Martin & Donald J.: &ldquo;The Role of Monuments in the Geometrical Ordering of the Roman Master Plan of Gerasa,&rdquo; in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. LI (1992): pp.306-314</ref> <ref name="brunes">[https://cbbcat.net/search~S19?/cNC740+.B713/cnc++740+b713/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CE/2exact&FF=cnc++740+b713&1%2C2%2C The secrets of ancient geometry and its use,] by Brunés, Tons &ndash; Translated by Charles M. Napier from the original Danish manuscript. Drawings and analyses by the author; pub. Copenhagen, Rhodos, 1967; in two volumes; both can be found in the Bowdoin College Library, Maine.</ref> is an ancient method of [[w:tessellation|periodic tiling]] which dates back to at least the first and second century A.D. when it was used to form the garden apartment complexes of an [[w:Ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] seacoast vacation town known as: [[w:Ostia Antica|Ostia Antica]]<ref name="ostia-antica">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191225161454/http://www.initaly.com:80/regions/latium/ostia.htm Ostia Antica &ndash; The Better Pompeii] &ndash; archived</ref> in [[w:Italy|Italy]].}}

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{{de|1=Der heilige Schnitt<ref name="dartmouth-de">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160403010817/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit7/unit7.html Ad Quadratum, der heilige Schnitt und römische Architektur] &ndash; archiviert</ref> <ref name="watts-don+car-de">Watts, Donald J. und Carol M.; Ein römischer Wohnkomplex; Wissenschaft. Am., Bd. 255, no.6, 132-140, Dez. 1986]</ref> <ref name="watts_pompeii_homes-de">Watt C.M. 1987, Eine Mustersprache für Häuser in Pompeji, Herculaneum und Ostia, Ann Arbor.</ref> <ref name="watts-car+don-de">Watts, Carol Martin & Donald J.: &ldquo;Geometrische Anordnung der Gartenhäuser in Ostia&rdquo; im Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. XLVI (1987): S. 265-276</ref> <ref name="watts-de"/> <ref name="watts-gerasa-de">Watts, Carol Martin & Donald J.: &ldquo;Die Rolle von Denkmälern in der geometrischen Ordnung des römischen Masterplans von Gerasa,&rdquo; in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. LI (1992): S. 306-314</ref> <ref name="brunes-de">[https://cbbcat.net/search~S19?/cNC740+.B713/cnc++740+b713/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CE/2exact&FF=cnc++740+b713&1%2C2%2C Die Geheimnisse der antiken Geometrie und ihre Verwendung,] von Brunés, Tons &ndash; Übersetzt von Charles M. Napier aus dem dänischen Originalmanuskript. Zeichnungen und Analysen des Autors; Kneipe. Kopenhagen, Rhodos, 1967; in zwei Bänden; beide sind in der Bowdoin College Library, Maine, zu finden.</ref> ist eine alte Methode der [[de:Parkettierung|periodischen Fliesenlegung]], die mindestens auf das erste und zweite Jahrhundert n. Chr. zurückgeht, als sie verwendet wurde, um die Gartenappartementkomplexe einer [[de:Römisches Reich|Römisches Reich]] Küstenferienstadt zu bilden, die als [[de:Ostia Antica|Ostia Antica]]<ref name="ostia-antica-de">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191225161454/http://www.initaly.com:80/regions/latium/ostia.htm Ostia Antica &ndash; Das bessere Pompeji] &ndash; archiviert</ref> in Italien bekannt ist.}}

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