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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: …carved diapers of this and the next period are copies in stone of the hangings or painted decorations of the previous period. There is ground for believing that such carved diapers were themselves coloured. Stained glass, rapidly increasing in importance, has something of the mosaic character. Pieces are small and much leaded up in patterns so as to suggest almost the cubic formation of mosaic. A general tone of colour pervades the windows, and an unrivalled deep and violet-like blue is a favourite tone. Some very fine thirteenth century glass is at Canterbury Cathedral. In the Early English and following periods, exquisite decorative art was produced in such works as the Psalters, Missals, Books of Hours and Chronicles. In these, the huntsman, fisherman, shepherd, labourer, scribe, saint, king, knight and monk were represented, forming a valuable record of contemporary THE DECORATED STYLE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GEOMETRICAL AND CURVILINEAR, MIDDLE POINTED, EDWARDIAN, LATER PLANTAGENET, OR FOURTEENTH CENTURY STYLE, comprises the reigns of Edward II., 1307-1327, Edward III., 1327-1377. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER. The general appearance is simple, from small number of parts, and magnificent, from the size of the windows filled in with the geometrical tracery. Increasing richness of ornamentation characterizes every part. Clerestories are enlarged at the expense of the triforium. Vaulting ribs increase in number and complexity, the vault becoming a main feature in the effect of the interiors. EXAMPLES. London: The southern and western portion of the cloisters of Westminster Abbey. The Chapel of St. Etheldreda, Ely Place, Holborn. The Dutch Church, Austin Friars. Provinces: Lincoln Cathedral, nave and east end, including angel choir (1260-1280). Ely, the eastern portio…
