. The Architectural magazine. t archi-tect soon pro-duced improvedforms; and thewindows of themiddle division ofthis class are just-ly celebrated fortheir elegance ofcontour and di-versity of design ;much of the tra-cery resemblingin the outline thefibres of of thejamb mouldingsare shown n\ Jig.\9^. In this sec-tion the splayedjamb shows verydistincdy that thehollows are re-mains of the laststyle; butthemul-lion is very differ-ent. As I have endeavoured to point out, in the other class, theconnexion in character between the section of the mouldings andthe window heads, here I w
. The Architectural magazine. t archi-tect soon pro-duced improvedforms; and thewindows of themiddle division ofthis class are just-ly celebrated fortheir elegance ofcontour and di-versity of design ;much of the tra-cery resemblingin the outline thefibres of of thejamb mouldingsare shown n\ Jig.\9^. In this sec-tion the splayedjamb shows verydistincdy that thehollows are re-mains of the laststyle; butthemul-lion is very differ-ent. As I have endeavoured to point out, in the other class, theconnexion in character between the section of the mouldings andthe window heads, here I will again mention this sections of the mouldings, ^i^ 193., are of a less abrupt andgeometrical style than those of the first class; and they partake ofthe easy flowing lines which are conspicuous in the tracery, andwhich in both are perfectly distinct from the other class. Thus itwill be observed, that the ancient architects, when they divergedfrom the general compositions of their predecessors, retained the. of the Architecture of the Middle Ages. 439
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