. y traceries formed Windows, by ogees or flowing lines. (66 C). Decorated window^s (66) are usuallylarge and contain from two to seven Hghts, althoughthere are many windows with a single light, but ofless elongated form than those of the Early Enghshperiod. As we have seen in a previous chapter, traceryoriginated from the desirability of piercing thatportion of the wall which was left vacant whentwo hghts were gathered under a single archeddripstone, and therefore elementary tracery con-sisted merely of apertures in a fiat surface.
. y traceries formed Windows, by ogees or flowing lines. (66 C). Decorated window^s (66) are usuallylarge and contain from two to seven Hghts, althoughthere are many windows with a single light, but ofless elongated form than those of the Early Enghshperiod. As we have seen in a previous chapter, traceryoriginated from the desirability of piercing thatportion of the wall which was left vacant whentwo hghts were gathered under a single archeddripstone, and therefore elementary tracery con-sisted merely of apertures in a fiat surface. As bythe introduction of the buttress the necessity forlarge expanses of wall ceased, the desire for lightand the warmth of the suns rays led to theenlargement of the windows, but as leaded glassneeds support, mullions and tracery were necessarilymultipHed. The Geometric tracery, as we haveseen, consists of various combinations of the circle,as the trefoil, the quatrefoil, the cinquefoil, etc. In Curvilinear windows the tracery, although THE DECORATED PERIOD. Hoiiuiaiul ICityriK! Lady Chapel, St. Albans Cathedral, c. 1295-1326. Illustrating Decorated work at tin; point of transition from Geometric to Curvilinear. DECORATED PIER
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