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PERPENDICULAR See also:PERIOD , the See also:term given by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Rickman to the third period of See also:Gothic See also:architecture in See also:England, in consequence of the See also:great predominance of perpendicular lines. In the later examples of the Decorated period the omission of the circles in the See also:tracery had led to the employment of curves of See also:double curvature which See also:developed into flamboyant tracery, and the introduction of the perpendicular lines was a reaction in the contrary direction. The mullions of the windows (which are sometimes of immense See also:size, so as to give greater space for the stained See also:glass) are carried up into the See also:arch See also:mould of the windows, and the upper portion is subdivided by additional mullions. The buttresses and See also:wall See also:surface are likewise divided up into See also:vertical panels. The doorways are frequently enclosed within a square See also:head over the arch See also:mouldings, the spandrils being fitted with quatrefoils or tracery. Inside the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church the See also:triforium disappears, or its See also:place is filled with panelling, and greater importance is given to the See also:clerestory windows which constitute the finest features in the churches of this period. The mouldings are flatter and less effective than those of the earlier periods, and one of the See also:chief characteristics is the introduction of large elliptical hollows. The finest features of this period are the magnificent See also:timber See also:roofs, such as those of See also:Westminster See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall (1395), See also:Christ Church Hall, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and See also:Crosby Hall.
The earliest examples of the Perpendicular period, dating from 1360, are found at See also:Gloucester, where the masons of the See also:cathedral would seem to have been far in advance of those in other towns. Among other buildings of See also:note are the See also:choir and See also:tower of See also:York Cathedral (1389—1407); the See also:nave and western transepts of See also:Canterbury Cathedral (1378—141I), and the tower
(towards the end of the 15th See also:century); New See also:College, Oxford (1380–1386); the See also:Beauchamp See also:Chapel, See also:Warwick (1381–1391); the nave and aisles of See also:Winchester Cathedral (1399–1419); the See also:transept and tower of Merton College, Oxford (1424–1450); See also:Manchester Cathedral (1422); the central tower of Gloucester Cathedral (1454–1457), and that of Magdalen College, Oxford (1475–1480). To those examples should be added the towers at See also:Wrexham, See also:Coventry, See also:Evesham, and St See also:Mary's at See also:Taunton, the first being of exceptional magnificence.
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