An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1861)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J.H. and J. Parker · leaf 127
ometimes, when the AtIiplet, or triple lancetwindow under an archcentral opening is square- or dIiPstone ^ eyes solid-headed, there is an arch or a dripstone in the form ofan arch over it, with the space or tympanum filledup with ornament, as at Eingstead, Northants (85).But this arch over the… … The origin of tracery may be carried back even tothe Norman period: from the time that two lights ORIGIN OF TRACERY. were combined underone arch, a space wasleft between the headsof the lights and thearch, which was aneyesore that the archi-tect tried to get rid ofin the best way thathe could. Thus…
Architecture, Gothic
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