. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 91, Warmington, Northamptonshire,c. 1230. The origin of tracery may be carried back even tothe Norman period; from the time that two lightswere combined under one arch, a space was left be-tween the heads of the lights and the arch, which wasan eyesore that the architect tried to get rid of in thebest way that he could. Thus at Sutton Courtney, in ORIGIN OF TItACERY, Berkshire (38), in a window of the tower, which islate Norman work, themouldings of the sub-arches are continuedand carried across eachother on the flat sur-face in the head
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 91, Warmington, Northamptonshire,c. 1230. The origin of tracery may be carried back even tothe Norman period; from the time that two lightswere combined under one arch, a space was left be-tween the heads of the lights and the arch, which wasan eyesore that the architect tried to get rid of in thebest way that he could. Thus at Sutton Courtney, in ORIGIN OF TItACERY, Berkshire (38), in a window of the tower, which islate Norman work, themouldings of the sub-arches are continuedand carried across eachother on the flat sur-face in the head of thewindow: if the spacesbetween these mould-ings were pierced, weshould have St. MauricesChurch, York, in thewest front, is a Nor-man window of twolights of the usualform, with a smallround opening throughthe head, under thedripstone which sup-plies the place of theconnecting arch overthem (39). Inthetri-forium arcade of thechoir of Peterborough. sr. IS 92. Ringstead, window. Cathedral, 1145, one of the compartments hasplate-tracery of the same kind. In the tower of , Oxford, is a transitional Norman window oftwo lights, with a small lancet-shaped opening in thehead, under the enclosing arch. In the Early English style we have, in the laterexamples, tracery in the heads of the windows, but it 128 ORIGIN OF TRACERY. is almost invariably in the form of circles, either plainor foliated (93), and is —constructed in a differentmanner from genuine De-corated tracery. At firstthe windows have merelyopenings pierced throughthe solid masonry of thehead, the solid portionsthus left gradually be-coming smaller and theopenings larger, until thesolid parts are reducedto nearly the same thick-ness as the mullions;but they are not moulded,and do not form con-tinuations of the mullionsuntil we arrive at realDecorated tracery. At Linchmere, Sussex,a two-light Early Englishwindow of very early cha-racte
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