London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 236
inguished thepreceding style was but poorly exchanged for the minute orna-ment and endless repetition of that which succeeded; yet itmust be confessed, that, in the latter, all which richness of de-coration and magnificence of design, combined with magnitudeof dimensions, could effect, has been… … 224 Elements and Pn7icij)les magnificent, if not the most beautiful, specimens belong to thisera. The east window of York Minster is generally consideredto be the finest perpendicular window in Great Britain. Thewest window of Winchester Cathedral, built by William ofWykeham, who died in 1404, is…
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