An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . ?Westminster Abbey, 1250— York Catlieiral, South Transept, 1227. in that county and in the northernpart of Oxfordshire, but in manyparts of the country such windowsare almost unknown,—the clere-story being most frequently an addition of the Perpendicularstyle. Small lancet-shaped windows may also be found inclerestoreys, and spherical triangles similar to those at West-minster, but plainer.] Early English Arches. The window-arch
An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . ?Westminster Abbey, 1250— York Catlieiral, South Transept, 1227. in that county and in the northernpart of Oxfordshire, but in manyparts of the country such windowsare almost unknown,—the clere-story being most frequently an addition of the Perpendicularstyle. Small lancet-shaped windows may also be found inclerestoreys, and spherical triangles similar to those at West-minster, but plainer.] Early English Arches. The window-arch of this style being generally a lancet-arch,and some persons having considered the shape of the arch tobe a very distinguishing feature of the different styles, it maybe necessary in this place to say a few words on arches gene-rally. If we examine with care the various remains of thedifferent styles, we shall see no such constancy of arch as hasbeen apprehended; for there are composition lancet arches usedboth at Henry the Sevenths Chapel, Westminster, and at Bath ;and there are flat segmental arches in the Early English part 122 THE EARLY ENGLISH STYLE. of York ; and upon the w
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