. of the main vault. (82). The most ornate examples of Gothic architec-ture may be said to have been erected betweenthe years 1180 and 1300, and from the latteryear many writers date the commencement ofits dechne. In England we owe nearly thewhole of such magnificent buildings as thecathedrals of Lincoln, Salisbury, Worcester, andthe abbey church of Westminster to the thirteenthcentury, and there is scarcely a cathedral or 66 Our Homeland Churches. abbey that does not owe some beautiful portionof its structure to the builders of the
. of the main vault. (82). The most ornate examples of Gothic architec-ture may be said to have been erected betweenthe years 1180 and 1300, and from the latteryear many writers date the commencement ofits dechne. In England we owe nearly thewhole of such magnificent buildings as thecathedrals of Lincoln, Salisbury, Worcester, andthe abbey church of Westminster to the thirteenthcentury, and there is scarcely a cathedral or 66 Our Homeland Churches. abbey that does not owe some beautiful portionof its structure to the builders of the same period,the north transept and lady chapel of HerefordCathedral, the eastern transepts of Durham, thenave and transepts of Wells, the transepts of York,the choir, presbytery, central and eastern transeptsof Rochester, the eastern portion of the choir ofEly, the west front of Peterborough, the choir ofSouthwell, the nave and transepts of Lichfield, andthe choir of St. Davids being a few of our mostcharacteristic examples of this period. DECORATED WINDOWS. liaTL d- WiAdDur-^ A. Winchelsea, Sussex (an unusual example); note blind arch ai eachside on inner wall, cinquefoil headed lights, and tracery of trefoils inspherical triangles. B. Sexfoil window under four-centred arch. C. Curvi-linear, reticulated, or network tracery: Melbourn, Cambs. D. Geo-metrical tracery, with lancets uncusped. A DECORATED WINDOW
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