An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 82. Westminster Abbey, , north transept. have nothing but a plain chamfer outside and a widesplay within: by means of this splay two or three win- h Pat. 1 Hen. V., pp. 4 and 5. The royal commission of Henry V. toSir Richard Whittington to rebuild the nave, is printed by Mr. Lysons inthe Appendix to The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages, 8vo., Glou-cester, 1860. Whittington appears to have advanced the money on theroyal bonds, which he is said to have afterwards burnt, as a proof of hisgreat wealth and generosity. EARLY ENGLIS
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 82. Westminster Abbey, , north transept. have nothing but a plain chamfer outside and a widesplay within: by means of this splay two or three win- h Pat. 1 Hen. V., pp. 4 and 5. The royal commission of Henry V. toSir Richard Whittington to rebuild the nave, is printed by Mr. Lysons inthe Appendix to The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages, 8vo., Glou-cester, 1860. Whittington appears to have advanced the money on theroyal bonds, which he is said to have afterwards burnt, as a proof of hisgreat wealth and generosity. EARLY ENGLISH WINDOWS. \OJ. HEAV [SIDE t- OELA MOT ! S . S« 83. Polebrook, Northants, c. the triple lancet with shafts, and the arches richly moulded. dows which axe completely separate on the outside aremade to form one composition within, and two, three,or more lancets are sometimes included under one io8 EARLY ENGLISH WINDOWS. hood-mould on the out-side (84). When thereare three, the middle oneis generally the highest,or there is a trefoil orquatrefoil above: thespaces between thesebecoming afterwardspierced, led to the in-troduction of tracery. Square-headed win-dows are not at all un-common in this style,more especially in castlesand houses; but theyfrequently occur also inchurches, as in the chan-cel of the small churchof Cowley, near Oxford. aA Warmington, Northamptonshire, o. 1230. Sometimes, when the AtIiplet, or triple lancetwindow under an archcentral opening is square- or dIiPstone ^ eyes solid-headed, there is an arch or a dripstone in the form ofan arch over it, with the space or tymp
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