. The Architectural magazine. fall under their notice. It may seem a gratuitous piece of information to remind ourreaders, that windows are apertures for the admission of lightand air; yet, in this and every other art, a little attention to theend proposed, as compared with the means of attaining it, willgo far to elucidate its progress. The forms of architecture areessentially modified by soil, climate, and the nature of the build-ing materials available; indeed, the whole history of Gothicarchitecture affords a beautiful exemplification of the mode inwhich the arts of life accommo-date thems
. The Architectural magazine. fall under their notice. It may seem a gratuitous piece of information to remind ourreaders, that windows are apertures for the admission of lightand air; yet, in this and every other art, a little attention to theend proposed, as compared with the means of attaining it, willgo far to elucidate its progress. The forms of architecture areessentially modified by soil, climate, and the nature of the build-ing materials available; indeed, the whole history of Gothicarchitecture affords a beautiful exemplification of the mode inwhich the arts of life accommo-date themselves to the varyingcircumstances of society. At thetime of the Conquest, and for along period subsequent, glasswas extremely scarce and dear:glazed windows would, there-fore, naturally be few in number,small in their dimensions, and confined to largeand costly edifices. At the same period the smallerchurches were lighted either by small circular aper-tures, as ai^fig. 106. (from Framlingham Earls, Norfolk), or by P 4 106 107.
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