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COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
c. Openings.—Proportions are less lofty than in Early
English work. •
Windows (Nos. 80, 83) are large, and divided by mullions
into two or more lights. Tracery at first consists of geometric
forms, and later is flowing in character.
Doorways (No. 86) are ornamented with engaged shafts,
and are usually shallower than in the Early English style.
Arches (No. 159) are formed by being struck from the
points of equilateral triangles, or are even of lower pro-
portion.
The enlargement of clerestory windows proceeds, pari
passu, with the diminution in height of the triforium. One
of the finest interiors, in this phase of Gothic, is the angel
choir at Lincoln Cathedral (No. 81).
D. Roofs are of moderate pitch, and sometimes open
framing, of which Eltham Palace and St. Etheldreda’s, Ely
Place, Holborn, are good examples.
e. Columns.—Piers are often diamond-shaped on plan,
with engaged shafts (No. 87).
Small shafts surrounding a centre column, and attached
to the latter, are a development from the Early English.
F. Mouldings.—Hollow mouldings are ornamented with
the ball-flower (No. 84), which is specially characteristic of
the style.
Cornices and dripstones often have their deep hollows
filled with foliage and carving, and are ornamented with
crockets (No. 86).
Dripstones are finished with a carved head, as at Cley
Church, Norfolk (No. 86), or grotesques.
“ The carved angels, ever eager-eyed
Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests,
With hair blown back, and wings put crosswise on thei breasts.”
Keats.
Base mouldings to walls are strongly marked, as seen in
the exterior of Lincoln (No. 80).
For comparison of ornaments in Early English, Decorated,
and Perpendicular periods, see No. 84.
G. Decoration.—Foliage in this period is generally
naturalistic, and consists of ivy, oak, and vine leaves, and
the well-known tablet flower (No. 84).
COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
c. Openings.—Proportions are less lofty than in Early
English work. •
Windows (Nos. 80, 83) are large, and divided by mullions
into two or more lights. Tracery at first consists of geometric
forms, and later is flowing in character.
Doorways (No. 86) are ornamented with engaged shafts,
and are usually shallower than in the Early English style.
Arches (No. 159) are formed by being struck from the
points of equilateral triangles, or are even of lower pro-
portion.
The enlargement of clerestory windows proceeds, pari
passu, with the diminution in height of the triforium. One
of the finest interiors, in this phase of Gothic, is the angel
choir at Lincoln Cathedral (No. 81).
D. Roofs are of moderate pitch, and sometimes open
framing, of which Eltham Palace and St. Etheldreda’s, Ely
Place, Holborn, are good examples.
e. Columns.—Piers are often diamond-shaped on plan,
with engaged shafts (No. 87).
Small shafts surrounding a centre column, and attached
to the latter, are a development from the Early English.
F. Mouldings.—Hollow mouldings are ornamented with
the ball-flower (No. 84), which is specially characteristic of
the style.
Cornices and dripstones often have their deep hollows
filled with foliage and carving, and are ornamented with
crockets (No. 86).
Dripstones are finished with a carved head, as at Cley
Church, Norfolk (No. 86), or grotesques.
“ The carved angels, ever eager-eyed
Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests,
With hair blown back, and wings put crosswise on thei breasts.”
Keats.
Base mouldings to walls are strongly marked, as seen in
the exterior of Lincoln (No. 80).
For comparison of ornaments in Early English, Decorated,
and Perpendicular periods, see No. 84.
G. Decoration.—Foliage in this period is generally
naturalistic, and consists of ivy, oak, and vine leaves, and
the well-known tablet flower (No. 84).