Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 93
the substitution of a cone for a pyramid, while theabsorption of the groins al-lowed the ribs to be freelyused as decorative media.The Gloucester vault is notonly the earliest, it is one ofthe best examples of themethod. Others (besidesthose in the chapels alreadydescribed) are to be foundin St.… … FIG. 131.—WESTMINSTER HALL. at Fotheringay, and in alarge number of other build-ings. Many fine towers werecarried out in ThirdPointed. Among the bestmay be named the towersof Howden Church, Yorks,of Merton (Fig. 122),and Magdalen Colleges,Oxford, of FountainsAbbey (Fig. 50), of St.Marys, Taunton,…
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