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surface of the vault, making star-likefigures on the vault. (7) The vault of the early Perp.,which is similar to the last, but more complicated andapproaching No. 8, e.g., Abbot Islips chapel. (8) Lastly,the distinctive vault of the advanced or Tudor Perp., isthe fan-tracery vault of which Henry… … Fig. 23.-He.nkt YII.s Chapel. (1503-1512.) 58 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. the climax. The vaulting surfaces in these are portionsof hollow conoidS; and are covered by a net-work of tineribs, connected together by bands of cusping (Fig. 23). In Scotts enumeration the vaults of octagons and irregu-lar…
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