An inquiry into the difference of style observable in ancient glass paintings : especially in England: with hints on glass painting . tary figures are usually armed with the hauberk andcoiffe de mailles, and sometimes, in the later examplesespecially, with the chausses of mail. The sword has alarge round pommel, and pointed tapering blade, verybroad towards the hilt, and having apparently a channelor groove down the middle. The malicious expression of the countenance of an exe-cutioner, often reminds one of an antique mask. 4. Foliage, &c. By far the greater part of Early English decorative wo
An inquiry into the difference of style observable in ancient glass paintings : especially in England: with hints on glass painting . tary figures are usually armed with the hauberk andcoiffe de mailles, and sometimes, in the later examplesespecially, with the chausses of mail. The sword has alarge round pommel, and pointed tapering blade, verybroad towards the hilt, and having apparently a channelor groove down the middle. The malicious expression of the countenance of an exe-cutioner, often reminds one of an antique mask. 4. Foliage, &c. By far the greater part of Early English decorative workis composed of foliage. The form of the leaves is, as before 0 See plate 2. Denys, Monographie de la Cathedrale p This is particularly shewn in the de Bourges, Etudes VII. and of Sugers glass at St. EARLY ENGLISH STYLE. 51 Cut 4. mentioned, very conventional and unnatural. The earlierfoliage partakes much of thecharacter of the antique, andclosely resembles the imita-tions of the ancient honey-suckle met with in Normancarvingsq. The later foliageis more like that exhibitedin the architectural details of. A Border, from Turk M luster Early English work, from which it appears to be taken : thebulbous projecting lobes of the leaf are often attempted tobe represented in the glass by means of a fine outline. Itis frequently formed into beautiful concentric spiral scrolls,broken into short lengths by the overlapping of the the scroll is executed in coloured glass, each lengthis usually of a different colour to the adjoining of grapes are frequently introduced amongst thefoliage8. In all cases the form of the leaf is delineated with greatprecision and force. The trefoil and cinquefoil are themost common terminations. The leaves are occasionallyshaded with smear shading, but their curves and over-lappings are most commonly expressed by mere lines. Eoliage is likewise employed in a variety of ways toornament the straight or curved narrow
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