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A B C of Gothic architecture (1882)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 130

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. The Fronts of Early English buildings before theintroduction of tracery, and consequently before theuse of large windows, have a very peculiar appearance,very different from those of the preceding or succeedingstyles. In small churches a common arrangement is tohave either three lancet windows in… … South-west View of Elsfield Church, Oxon. them a quatrefoil or small circular window foliated,or sunk panels of the same form, but not piercedas windows. In large buildings there are frequentlytwo or three tiers of lancet windows, and a richcircular window in the gable above. 120 THE EARLY ENGLISH…

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