History of mediæval art . t only continued verti-cally to the soffit of the main arches, but the perpendicular memberswere increased by the introduction of super-mullions, rising from thesummits of the smaller arches of the lower tracery. To the frame-work thus resulting further cusps were added, so that the entirewindow was formed by a combination of vertical trefoil rectilinear tendencies of the design led to the adoption of anew form of the arch, both for the window openings and for thearcades: the arcs being stiffened to straight lines, with an angular 532 THE EXTENSION OF GOTHI
History of mediæval art . t only continued verti-cally to the soffit of the main arches, but the perpendicular memberswere increased by the introduction of super-mullions, rising from thesummits of the smaller arches of the lower tracery. To the frame-work thus resulting further cusps were added, so that the entirewindow was formed by a combination of vertical trefoil rectilinear tendencies of the design led to the adoption of anew form of the arch, both for the window openings and for thearcades: the arcs being stiffened to straight lines, with an angular 532 THE EXTENSION OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. apex. Furthermore, the ribs of the vault, which had already beenassimilated in character to the tracery, were treated as straight andradial bars, connected, like the mullions, with trefoil cusps, andusually made to intersect with the crown rib in an entirely inor-ganic fashion. This system of design, however conformable to the British char-acter and taste, was certainly not favorable to the artistic effect.
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