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Gothic architecture in England and France (1911)

West, George Herbert · London, G. Bell · leaf 178

An illustration from Gothic architecture in England and France, 1911, leaf 178
as the lights below.Square-headed windows,especially in clerestories,becomevery common in the fourteenth century. There is a beauti-ful one in the cloister at Oxford. Spherical triangles alsooften occur as clerestory windows, as at Lichfield (p. 274),But we must trace out more in detail the origin… … ^ ST. JKAX, CAKX WINDOW TRACERY 141 the piece of the circle which formed one side ot them. Theeffect of this was to reverse the curve of the circle at thetop and bottom^ forming what is called an ogee, and tofuse the_ whole composition together by continuing themullions into~tHe tracery, whicli…

Church architecture · Architecture, Gothic

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