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An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1862)

Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · Oxford ; London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 461

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^ present in their roofs very complicatedtracerv. … Christ Church Hall, Uilord, i.D. 1S28. We now come to a new and most delicate description ofroof, that oi fan tracery, of which probably the earliest, andcertainly one of the most elegant, is that of the cloisters atGloucester. In these roofs, from the top of the shaft springsa small fan of ribs,…

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