An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 243
han two straight lines roundedat the angle of junction with the jambs. These latewindows had frequently great width in proportion totheir height (152), and wore placed so near togetherthat the strengthof the buildingentirely depend-ed on the but-tresses. Thesewindows havingall been origi-nally… … 152. Swinlirook, Oxfordshire, c. 1500.Perpendicular tracery fully carried out. tended to soften and partially to exclude it. The churchof Fairford, in Gloucestershire, affords a rare instanceof the painted glass having been preserved in all thewindows, and the effect is solemn and calm—very farfrom…
Architecture, Gothic
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