. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . NCH WINDOWS, fessor Willis plate-tracery, is abundantly used in France,while it is comparatively rarely found in England. Circular windows are much more commonly used inFrance than in England, in allthe styles. In the Early Frenchstyle they are of the samecharacter as the circular open-ing over the side windows atChartres. The earlier windows areusually entirely without mould-ings, often not even splayed,mere holes cut straight throughthe stone wall; even in thelater examples of this stylethe mouldings are very few andpoor, and are often
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . NCH WINDOWS, fessor Willis plate-tracery, is abundantly used in France,while it is comparatively rarely found in England. Circular windows are much more commonly used inFrance than in England, in allthe styles. In the Early Frenchstyle they are of the samecharacter as the circular open-ing over the side windows atChartres. The earlier windows areusually entirely without mould-ings, often not even splayed,mere holes cut straight throughthe stone wall; even in thelater examples of this stylethe mouldings are very few andpoor, and are often entirelywanting. It may be observed thatFrench windows in the aislesare generally higher from theground than English ones; itis rare for the sills to be low 172. Auxerre Cathedral, c. for a person to look into ^H^X^t^^the church from the outside, jy^i^^ f^^P^- E?: lish work the cusps wouldwhich in England is very com- turned the other way. monly the case : this appears to arise only from thegreater height of the French churches Early Feei^-ch Mouldings are usually less bold andless rich than the Early English, although some of th^arches of doorways of this style are very richly moulded; EARLY FRENCH: MOULDINGS, ^43^ the window-arches are commonly without any : thereare generally mouldings round the edges of the hay inwhich the windowis placed, hut atan interval of afoot or two fromthe window, andconnected ratherwith the vault andthe vaulting-shaftsthan with the win-dow. The ribshave commonlyhut few mould-ings ; the arch-ribsare almost alwayssquare in section,and often quiteplain. The corniceis usually filledwith foliage of thestiff - leaf charac-ter, or sometimesa kind of crockets ;in other instances, CatHedrai, c. 1250. of a character resembling the Greek foliage used inEngland chiefly in late ^sTorman work, Eaely Teench Dooeways are generally larger andfiner than the Early English, and more enriched withsculpture, having large figures in the jambs, an
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