Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . rtmentson each side, separated by clustered shafts with sculptured capitals,from whence the vaulting springs. Each compartment contains twolong and narrow windows, divided into two lights by a simple mullion,branching out at the top and forming two pointed arches within theprincipal arch; the receding walls on each side of these windows areenriched with a multitude of engaged and detached slender columns,which support the various mouldings of the arches above. The wallbetween the vaulting and
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . rtmentson each side, separated by clustered shafts with sculptured capitals,from whence the vaulting springs. Each compartment contains twolong and narrow windows, divided into two lights by a simple mullion,branching out at the top and forming two pointed arches within theprincipal arch; the receding walls on each side of these windows areenriched with a multitude of engaged and detached slender columns,which support the various mouldings of the arches above. The wallbetween the vaulting and these arches is plain, being pierced onlywith a circle enclosing a quatre-foil. The east end has five win-dows, side by side, of one light each, lancet-headed and richlyadorned with the dog-tooth ornament and slender clustered these windows are five panels, the two extreme ones circular,the three interior oval, and all enclosing quatrefoils. Underneaththis beautiful chapel is the crypt, which is co-extensive with it, anddivided into a nave and aisles by two rows of columns and
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