An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 149- Cloisters, Gloucester vault. tracery (149), which is peculiar to this style, with itsdelicate pendants and lace-like ornaments, harmonizesfinely with the elaborate ornament of the tabernacle-work below. The Mouldings of this style differ much from thepreceding ones. They are in general more shallow;that is, they have more breadth and less depth thanthe earlier ones. Those in most use are a wide andshallow moulding, used in the jambs of windows anddoorways; a shallow ogee; a round, or boutell; a fillet; PERPENDICU
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 149- Cloisters, Gloucester vault. tracery (149), which is peculiar to this style, with itsdelicate pendants and lace-like ornaments, harmonizesfinely with the elaborate ornament of the tabernacle-work below. The Mouldings of this style differ much from thepreceding ones. They are in general more shallow;that is, they have more breadth and less depth thanthe earlier ones. Those in most use are a wide andshallow moulding, used in the jambs of windows anddoorways; a shallow ogee; a round, or boutell; a fillet; PERPENDICULAR MOULDINGS. 179. 150. St. Marys, Oxford, 1488. Shewing the double ogee, hollows, andsquare fillets. a kind of hollowquarter - round, anda double ogee (150).The wide mouldingof cornices is filledup at intervals withlarge patera?, whichreplace the four-leaved flower andthe ball-flower of theDecorated style; orwith heads, grotesque figures, or animals and are frequently inferior both in conception andexecution to the earlier styles. There is an ornament which was introduced in thisstyle, and whichis very charac-teristic. Thisis called theTudor flower(151), not be-cause it wasintroduced inthe time of theTudors, but be-cause it was so much used at that period. It generallyconsists of some modification of the fleur-de-lis, alter-nately with a small trefoil or ball, and is much usedas a crest for screens, on fonts, niches, capitals, and inalmost all places where such ornament can be foliage of this style is frequently very beautiful:in Devonshire the foliage of the capitals is pec
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