Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 214
ferredto. This tower 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 VIII., was a Fellow of… … 204 THE PEEPENDICULAE STYLE. The light and elegant style of vaulting known as fan-tracerya, which is peculiar to this style, with its delicatependants and lace-like ornaments,harmonizes finely withthe elaborate ornament of the tabernacle-work below. The Poeches are in general very fine, and…
Architecture, Gothic
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