. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . rains, and niches, or taber-nacles for images, are often very rich, with canopiesand open tracery. Theyform one of the chiefbeauties of this pediment, orstraight - sided canopy,is much used in this styleover doors, sedilia, pis-cinas, and rich example occursin Pyfield Church, Eerk-shire, where the pedi-ment is crocketed, andis placed under a squarehead with a battlementcarried by pinnacles, andthe spandrels filled upwith foliated circles en-closing shields (144). 144. Decorated Piscina, Fyfield, Berkshire, c.
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . rains, and niches, or taber-nacles for images, are often very rich, with canopiesand open tracery. Theyform one of the chiefbeauties of this pediment, orstraight - sided canopy,is much used in this styleover doors, sedilia, pis-cinas, and rich example occursin Pyfield Church, Eerk-shire, where the pedi-ment is crocketed, andis placed under a squarehead with a battlementcarried by pinnacles, andthe spandrels filled upwith foliated circles en-closing shields (144). 144. Decorated Piscina, Fyfield, Berkshire, c. shewing g-eometrical tracery, IHE GrKOIIs^ED ixOOIS, with a crocketed pediment and pm--^T- T ;. nacles, and a battlement. on VAULTS, are distm- guished from those of the preceding style chiefly byan additional number of ribs, and by the naturalfoliage on the bosses. Many fine examples of theseremain, as in the Cathedral of Exeter, and at Yorkin the chapter-house; at Norwich in the cloisters; atChester^ the vault is of wood, with stone g The wooden groined vaults of Chester Cathedral were carefully re-stored in 1871-72, with excellent effect and in very good taste. DECORATED ROOFS, 183 There are a few instances of stone roofs of this styleover narrow spaces of very high pitch, supported byopen-work, as if in imitation of wood-work, as on thevestry of Willingham, Cambridgeshire, and the porchof Middleton Cheney, Oxfordshire. Timber Boofs of this period are comparatively scarce,although they are more common than is usually sup-
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