An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . k See Glossary of Architecture, Plates 230, 231, and 233. 112 PROGRESS OF TRACERY. and Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire \ the opening is of. 88. Glapthorn. Ashfordby. Melton. the form called the vesica (88). At Greetwell, nearLincoln, there is a lozenge in the head, quite plain. At Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire (89), is a remark-able window of three lancet-lights, with a quatrefoilopening over each light, enclosed under the dripstones,which are carried over each ligbt separately, thoughthe moulding is continued from one to the other. At Cotte
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . k See Glossary of Architecture, Plates 230, 231, and 233. 112 PROGRESS OF TRACERY. and Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire \ the opening is of. 88. Glapthorn. Ashfordby. Melton. the form called the vesica (88). At Greetwell, nearLincoln, there is a lozenge in the head, quite plain. At Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire (89), is a remark-able window of three lancet-lights, with a quatrefoilopening over each light, enclosed under the dripstones,which are carried over each ligbt separately, thoughthe moulding is continued from one to the other. At Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, is a two-light lancetwindow with a pierced quatrefoil in the head, enrichedwith elegant cusps. In the Kings Hall at Winchester (90), which Mr. has shewn from the accounts to have beenbuilt between 1222 and 1235, the windows are each oftwo lights, with an open quatrefoil in the head; andthere are sunk panels on each side of the windows, tofill up the blank space between them and the buttresses. 1 For these three examples I am indebted to Mr. Freemans work on theOrigin and Development of Window Tracery in England, 8vo., Oxford,1851, which contains some
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