aning arch (called aWelsh arch,) which is supported by the ribsabove its vortex. This construction was notcommon in the pure Gothic, though exam-ples occur in the beautiful domed kitchen atDurham, and in Winchester cathedral nave ;in the latter unnecessarily, for the sidearches rise as high as the… … ™^*S* ^ ■li| k ►• ■ ^:B 220 HISTORY AND RUDIMENTS works, led, in the fifteenth century, to a simplification oftheir general form, yet admitting of indefinite increase in thedecoration. This was the beautiful invention of what iscalled fan-tracery vaulting, (Very improperly, for a…
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