Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . greatGothic construction depends on the bolduse of the buttressing arch. This reluct- ^ance delayed the use of high vaults, so thatthe middle spans of noble churches likeByland Abbey and Ripon cathedral werenot vaulted. Others like Rievaulx (choir)and St. Hughs choir at Lincoln, werevaulted but without external support. Inboth these cases, flying buttresses wereadded later. Even in the middle of thethirteenth century, when Salisbury wasbuilt, the supports were all kept under theaisle roofs.* From the exterior, in that bay whichcontai
Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . greatGothic construction depends on the bolduse of the buttressing arch. This reluct- ^ance delayed the use of high vaults, so thatthe middle spans of noble churches likeByland Abbey and Ripon cathedral werenot vaulted. Others like Rievaulx (choir)and St. Hughs choir at Lincoln, werevaulted but without external support. Inboth these cases, flying buttresses wereadded later. Even in the middle of thethirteenth century, when Salisbury wasbuilt, the supports were all kept under theaisle roofs.* From the exterior, in that bay whichcontains the little door, notice the differ-ence in tracery between this later EarlyEnglish work and that in the choir. Inthe nave, of later work, the large circlesin the window tracery of the main arcadeare fivefoiled except that over the doorwhich is quatrefoiled: but in the earlier choir bay, sixfoiled. Again, in the tri-angular window which lights the triforium,the early work has one large moulded circlewhich is sixfoiled, as below: and in the?Lethaby. 798. OF Thrice Bays ok the Navic From Scotts Gleanings. The Exterior later work, the triangle contains three cir-cles, cinquefoiled. Also in the later work,there appear to be canopied niches for fig-ures in the buttresses at the clerestorystage, and none in the earliest work. Thecanopied niches were broader in the earlierwork and have the pediment enriched byan open trefoil which does not appear inthe later work. All have been restored:among the figures which they now containare those of the Confessor: Henry III:Edward I: Edward III: the Black Prince :James I: and Islip, all benefactors of thefabric. The shields placed on a smallfrieze in the sixth bay from the west, in-clude the stag of Richard II, in whosetime a part of this work was completed. An ample sacristy, 120 feet long, wasbuilt by Henry Ills order against thisnorth nave aisle, the Norman nave thenstanding: and later a small doorway, nowto be seen, was cut in t
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