An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 222
e Chapel, Oxford, A.D. 1424.carried through ^^o^her variety of Perpendicular tracery, the headsof the lower lights are multifoiled. the transom; this is the case at New College: but it was afterwardsused to excess, so as greatly to injure the effect ofthe windows. In the later examples the arches… … 198 PERPENDICULAR WINDOWS. arches being little more than two straight lines roundedat the angle of junction with the jambs. These latewindows had frequently great width in proportion totheir height (152), and were placed so near togetherthat the strengthof the buildingentirely depend-ed on the…
Architecture, Gothic
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