. Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval . , AAere much See in p. 98, Head-piece, No. 5 j Architecture of the britons, anglo-saxons, &c. 121 used ill door-ways, tombs, pisciiicE, & slender pillars had been em-j)loyed for the same purpose in thepreceding century. 15th Century. The angles of thearches became more and more obtuse,till, at last, they were almost flat. Theribs of the vaulting Avere divided into agreat variety of parts, and enrichedwith a profusion of sculpture and acluster of pendent ornaments. Theside walls Avere very frequentl
. Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval . , AAere much See in p. 98, Head-piece, No. 5 j Architecture of the britons, anglo-saxons, &c. 121 used ill door-ways, tombs, pisciiicE, & slender pillars had been em-j)loyed for the same purpose in thepreceding century. 15th Century. The angles of thearches became more and more obtuse,till, at last, they were almost flat. Theribs of the vaulting Avere divided into agreat variety of parts, and enrichedwith a profusion of sculpture and acluster of pendent ornaments. Theside walls Avere very frequently coveredwith abundance of rich tracery to theheads of the windows, instead of beingdivided into various forms, as in thepreceding century, and were filled witha great number of small compartments,with trefoil heads supported by per-pendicular mullions: the large win-dows were usually divided by two largemullions into three compartments,which were subdivided into smallerones.^ A general rule respecting this archi-tecture, is that the arch is old accord-ing to its acuteness. Till Inigo Jonesintroduced the Grecian orders
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