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ENGLISÏI AECHITECTURE.

Part II.

English architects ; they very rarely usecl them in their west fronts,
not always in their transepts, and generally indeed may be said to

have preferred the ordinary
pointed forms, in which,
as in most matters, they
probably exercised a wise
discretion,

It may not be quite

clear whether William of

Wykeham (1366-1404) in-

vented perpendicular

tracery, but certain it is

that the admiration excited

by his works in this style

at Winchester, Oxford,

and elsewhere, gave a

831. East Window, Carlisle Catbedral. death-blow to the Decorated

(From a Drawing by K. W. Billings.)

torms previously m tashion.
Although every lover of true art must regret the change, there was

832. South Transept Window, Lincoln Cathedral. (Catb. Hb.)