An itinerary of the English cathedrals for the use of travellers (1901)
Gilchrist, James Grant, 1842-1906, comp, Perkins, Thomas, 1842-1907, ed · London, G. Bell & Sons · leaf 18
and doorways. Paneldecoration was much usedboth on walls and arches, andfan-tracery, as it is called, isseen in the vaulting of roofs.In consequence of the longperiod during which this styleprevailed—from the latter partof the fourteenth to the middleof the sixteenth century—nearly two hundred… … PERPENDICULAR BAY, WINCHESTER. 8 THE ENGLISH CATHEDRALS The earliest examples of it are to be met with in the choir ofGloucester, and in the nave of Winchester; and to this longperiod are due many of the finest church towers of England.It is worth noticing that the Perpendicular is a purely…
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