. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. I i I. Plate XLVII.—West front of York Minster. Decorated English 354 THE GOTHIC STYLE. tral tower, characteristic of English work, continuedto form a pyramidal climax. York Minster (Plate XLVII) is the pride andboast of the style, and bears much the same relationto Decorated work as Salisbury to Early English. Itcontains all the characteristics enumerated above, aswell as large mullioned windows filled with stainedglass, like clustered enamels or polished gems, andbeautiful specimens of plate tracery or piercing
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. I i I. Plate XLVII.—West front of York Minster. Decorated English 354 THE GOTHIC STYLE. tral tower, characteristic of English work, continuedto form a pyramidal climax. York Minster (Plate XLVII) is the pride andboast of the style, and bears much the same relationto Decorated work as Salisbury to Early English. Itcontains all the characteristics enumerated above, aswell as large mullioned windows filled with stainedglass, like clustered enamels or polished gems, andbeautiful specimens of plate tracery or piercingsthrough flat stones. This latter feature, being first introduced atWestminster Abbey, rapidly became the principaldistinguishing mark of the style, and from circlesand segments of circles developed into complexlabyrinths of form, like loops of lace from the in-dustrious looms of Bruges and Valenciennes. Lichfield, Exeter, Wells, Norwich, and Ely cathe-drals all bear witness to the beauty of this tracery,a beauty which carried the decorated style into thevan o( English su
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