Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 103
, narrow, lancet-shaped, pointed windows,their boldly projecting but-tresses and pinnacles, andthe acute pitch of the roof.Internally, we have pointedarches supported on slenderand lofty pillars, which arefrequently formed of a num-ber of shafts connected at stanton Harcourt, East End,… … THE EAELY ENGLISH STYLE. 93 of the roof, where it ramifies in various directions toform the ribs of the vaulting, which have now lostthe heaviness of the Norman period and are becomelight and elegant. The whole character of the build-ing is changed, and instead of the heavy masses andhorizontal…
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