An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 119. Over, Cambridgeshire, c. 1320. 146 DECORATED WINDOWS. 120. St. Mary3. Cheltenham, c. 1320 example, although it has heen badly restored. Mr. Scotthas discovered the exact pattern of it in its originalstate on one of the tiles in the chapter-house b. Clear-story windows of this style are often small, andeither circular with quatrefoil cusps, or trefoils or qua- b See Gleanings from Westminster Abbey for engravings of thewindow and the tile. DECORA TED WIND 0 WS. H7 trefoils; or the spherical triangle with cusps, whichforms an elegantwind
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 119. Over, Cambridgeshire, c. 1320. 146 DECORATED WINDOWS. 120. St. Mary3. Cheltenham, c. 1320 example, although it has heen badly restored. Mr. Scotthas discovered the exact pattern of it in its originalstate on one of the tiles in the chapter-house b. Clear-story windows of this style are often small, andeither circular with quatrefoil cusps, or trefoils or qua- b See Gleanings from Westminster Abbey for engravings of thewindow and the tile. DECORA TED WIND 0 WS. H7 trefoils; or the spherical triangle with cusps, whichforms an elegantwindow, as at Cran-ford St. Andrew,Northamptonshire(121). The clevermanner in whichthese windows aresplayed within, andespecially below, tothrow down thelight, should benoticed. Flamboyant tra-cery, and the formsapproaching to it,generally indicate a late date. We have no instance ofreal Flamboyant work in this country, although formsof tracery approaching to it are not uncommon; themouldings are never of the true Flamboyant character,which is quite distinct
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