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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 260

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examplesof the decline of Gothic before its extinction. Theroof of the chapel, which is a kind of hammer-beamwith fan-vaulting above, was brought from the chapelof St. llarys College, which formerly stood in theCom llarket, and which was founded by Henry VI.in 1435. This kind of vaulting seems to… … Side Window, St. Mary Hall, A.D. 1640. In this example the debased character usual at that period comes cutmore distinctly than in the previous example, the arch of the •window hasentirely lost any point, and the tracery is very confused and irregular. 250 ON THE LATE, OE DEBASED, as at Waclham,…

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