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of Gothic Architecture. 219 instead of being cut into a solid space, merely touch at the points,and do not extend the full thickness of the wall. From thelightness of the shafts, or mullions, of these windows, and their of … general eleganceled form, we are led toconnect them with theeastern windows ofLincoln Cathedral,erected 1306, to whichthey bear a strikingaffinity in character.The great east win-dow of Lincoln con-tains eight bays, orlights ; the tracery,which consists entirelyof combinations of fo-liated circles,…
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