An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 172 PERPENDICULAR WINDOWS. quently great width in proportion to their height (142),and were placed so near together that the strengthof the building entirely depended on the windows having all been originally filled withpainted glass, we have rarely an opportunity of judgingof the proper effect of them; the glare of light whichwe now complain of having been caused by the de-struction of that material, which was intended to softenand partially to exclude it. The church of Eairford, inGloucestershire, affords a rare instance
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 172 PERPENDICULAR WINDOWS. quently great width in proportion to their height (142),and were placed so near together that the strengthof the building entirely depended on the windows having all been originally filled withpainted glass, we have rarely an opportunity of judgingof the proper effect of them; the glare of light whichwe now complain of having been caused by the de-struction of that material, which was intended to softenand partially to exclude it. The church of Eairford, inGloucestershire, affords a rare instance of the paintedglass having been preserved in all the windows, and theeffect is solemnand calm—veryfar from clear-storiesalso are fre-quently almosta sheet of glass,merely dividedby lighter orheavier mul-lions, thus offer-ing a completecontrast to thesmall and dis-tant openings sofrequently foundin Early Englishand Decoratedwork. Square-headed, segmen-tal, and other. 143. Clear-story choir, York Cathedral,&.D. 1361—1403. PERPENDICULAR DOORWAYS. 173 flat-arched windows, are frequent in this style. Inrich churches there is sometimes a double plane oftracery, the one glazed, the other not. In the choirof York (143) the inner one is glazed. The east win-dow of the nave of Chipping-Norton Church, Oxford-shire, over the chancel-arch, is a fine specimen of thiskind of window: in this instance the outer plane isglazed. A little later in the style, one of the best examplesthat is anywhere to be found is the ante-chapel andtower of Merton College, Oxford. The very slow andgradual manner in which this chapel was built has
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