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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 214

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ower was originally intended to stand alone,as a campanile, or belfry-tower; the buildings whichhave been erected on two sides of it are of a subse-quent period. At the time it was building, Wolsey,afterwards the celebrated Cardinal and Prime Ministerof Henry YIII., was a Fellow of this College,… … Dimdry, Bristol, c. A.D. 1520. Magdalen College, Oxford, c. A.D. 1493. 204 THE PEEPEXDICULAE STYLE. The light and elegant style of vaulting known as fan-tracery ^, which is peculiar to this style, with its delicatependants and lace-like ornaments,harmonizes finely withthe elaborate ornament of the…

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