. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. IONIC ARCHITECTURE and the nave of York Cathedral; and, inScotland, portions of Melrose Abbey. Thestyle continued from about 1274 to then gradually stiffened into what iscalled the Perpendicular, Third Pointed, or LatePointed Style.—This is easily distin-guished from the previous style by thetracery of the windows, which is char-acterized by an upright and square tend-ency. Perpendicular lines prevail in thewindows as well as in the ornamentalpaneling. The doorwa
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. IONIC ARCHITECTURE and the nave of York Cathedral; and, inScotland, portions of Melrose Abbey. Thestyle continued from about 1274 to then gradually stiffened into what iscalled the Perpendicular, Third Pointed, or LatePointed Style.—This is easily distin-guished from the previous style by thetracery of the windows, which is char-acterized by an upright and square tend-ency. Perpendicular lines prevail in thewindows as well as in the ornamentalpaneling. The doorways have squareheads over the pointed arches. Gablesand roofs are at a low angle. Clerestorywindows are more frequently square-headed than arched. Westminster Hall, London, is an example of this style. Thelater portion of this period is sometimescalled the Tudor style. The elaboratelyornamented flamboyant style was thelatest style of Gothic in France (15thand 16th centuries). The municipal ar-chitecture of the Middle Ages was large-ly Gothic in type. Roman or classic architecture may besaid to have never entirely died
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