. The Architectural magazine. 272 Design for a Villa. window in a splayed recess, with a segmental pointed arch : thiskind of interior window is well adapted to domestic architecture, as the flatness of the archwould not obstruct the light:it was a very common wayof building inside 141. may be considereda form approaching nearerto the introduction of tracery;the six-foil panel formingthe first germ of this elegantkind of decoration. The ex-ternal window of the din-ing-room [Jig- 131.) nearlyresembles this. Fig. 142. isan eaily form of triple win-dow, in a compartment show-ing a tr
. The Architectural magazine. 272 Design for a Villa. window in a splayed recess, with a segmental pointed arch : thiskind of interior window is well adapted to domestic architecture, as the flatness of the archwould not obstruct the light:it was a very common wayof building inside 141. may be considereda form approaching nearerto the introduction of tracery;the six-foil panel formingthe first germ of this elegantkind of decoration. The ex-ternal window of the din-ing-room [Jig- 131.) nearlyresembles this. Fig. 142. isan eaily form of triple win-dow, in a compartment show-ing a trefoil cornice andparapet; also showing thekind of buttress, &c., used inthe earliest buildings of thisperiod. Fig. 143. is a win-dow, &c., with columns on the outside: an example of this kindmay be seen in the Temple Church, which is one of the purest specimens of the architecture ofthe thirteenth century. Fig. a straight door head, the lintelsupported by corbels : this formof doorway was used in this andthe preceding period, where th
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