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A B C of Gothic architecture (1882)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 38

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gain, shew such an amazing waste oflabour and material as clearly to prove that it was thework of very unskilful builders. This example is valuable to us also in anotherrespect: the two transepts were only partially injuredby the fall of the tower; the greater part of bothof them belongs to the… … Bay, Winchester Cathedral, c. A.D. 1095. The window is an insertion of the fourteenth century in theDecorated style. 28 THE EARLY NOIUIAN PERIOD. dily distinguish one from the other: the joints be-tween the stones in the old work are wide, filled witha great thicknessof mortar; in thenew work they…

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