. ts of the Gothic era point out the nobleaim, the dehcate and graceful thought, the refinedand exquisite taste expended upon every portionof their buildings by these Gothic masons. One of the chief differences between pure Gothic and Norman architecture is in the use The of the pointed form of arch, yet in the Pointed Arch, study of the early buildings of this date it is curious to notice how evenly the balance is held between the pointed and the * According to most text books, the choir of LincolnCathedral, began 1189 or 1190 by Hu
. ts of the Gothic era point out the nobleaim, the dehcate and graceful thought, the refinedand exquisite taste expended upon every portionof their buildings by these Gothic masons. One of the chief differences between pure Gothic and Norman architecture is in the use The of the pointed form of arch, yet in the Pointed Arch, study of the early buildings of this date it is curious to notice how evenly the balance is held between the pointed and the * According to most text books, the choir of LincolnCathedral, began 1189 or 1190 by Hugh of Wells, is said tobe the earliest purely Gothic work we possess, but first it wasnot so early as the Gothic of Wells or Worcester, and theWest generally, and secondly with the later alterations itunderwent it looks more purely Gothic now than it originallywas, the later thoroughly Gothic additions covering up muchof the existing original work, as has been shown only veryrecently by Mr. Francis Bond, whose discoveries are of themost conclusive
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