. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. of couplets with a circular opening between the tops is therefore thefundamental principle of a Gothic ?window, and the result produced thereby was theearliest form of Plate tracery {fig. 1470). The east window of Lincoln Cathedral(shown in the illustration ^V;. 1472), which is perhaps the largest one in existence belong-ing to this style, consists of two large pointed compartments, eacli of which is dividedinto four smaller compartnifnts or lights,
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. of couplets with a circular opening between the tops is therefore thefundamental principle of a Gothic ?window, and the result produced thereby was theearliest form of Plate tracery {fig. 1470). The east window of Lincoln Cathedral(shown in the illustration ^V;. 1472), which is perhaps the largest one in existence belong-ing to this style, consists of two large pointed compartments, eacli of which is dividedinto four smaller compartnifnts or lights, called bays or dajs, placed in couplets withfoliated circles between tlicir heads. These couplets have also larger foliated circlesbetween thrir lieads, and in the spandril between the heads of the two large compartmentsis a large circle enclosing seven smaller foliated circles, one being in the centre and six sur-rounding it. The mullions or divisions between tlolights are fronted by slender shafts with floriatedcapitixls. This window exhibits the transitionalprogress of tracery from the Early English to theGeometrical Decorated
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