. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 73. Lincoln Cathedral, of Choir, LINCOLN 74. Lincoln Cathedral, c. Window, end of North Transept. a different character from Lincoln, and is of later date; thecathedral of Lyons, now the chief city of the province, has alsosome fine work, and a remarkable series of windows exhibitingprogressive changes in plate-tracery; and the fluted pilasters inimitation of Roman work which are used in that cathedral and lo6 THE EARLY ENGLISH STYLE. many other churches of that district, as at Clnny, at the
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 73. Lincoln Cathedral, of Choir, LINCOLN 74. Lincoln Cathedral, c. Window, end of North Transept. a different character from Lincoln, and is of later date; thecathedral of Lyons, now the chief city of the province, has alsosome fine work, and a remarkable series of windows exhibitingprogressive changes in plate-tracery; and the fluted pilasters inimitation of Roman work which are used in that cathedral and lo6 THE EARLY ENGLISH STYLE. many other churches of that district, as at Clnny, at the end ofthe twelfth century, are supposed by some persons to havegiven the idea of the clustered shafts at Lincoln; but if so, theprogress was wonderfully rapid: the exact date of the work atLyons has not been ascertained. At Dijon, the capital of theFrench duchy of Burgundy at a later period, there is work verylike Lincoln, especially in the church of Notre Dame; but thedate of this is 1220—1230, thirty years later than the cor-responding work at Lincoln, and there was no connection be-tween Dijon and the kingdom of B
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