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An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : notices of numerous British edifices :and some remarks on the architecture of a part of France (1848)

Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Mackenzie, E., 19th cent, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Starling, William Francis, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B, Hutchinson, H., 19th cent · London : J. H. Parker · leaf 341

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)ro-portion of the arches and piers is half the breadth of thenave; this makes the roof compartments two squares, butat Windsor the breadth of the nave is nearly three timesthat of the aisles, and this makes a figure of about threesquares. The two exterior parts are such as, if joined, would … 0 52 U 1 J PERPENDICULAR ENGLISH ROOFS. 227 make a very rich, ribbed roof; and the central compartment,which runs as a tlat arch, is filled with tracery panels, ofvarious shapes, ornamented with quatrefoils, and formingtwo halves of a star; in the choir, the centre of the star isa pendant. This…

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