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| Cambridge, King’s College Chapel | [Frontispiece] |
| General Map | [19] |
| Map of Early English Tour | [29] |
| Canterbury, “Becket’s Crown” | [38] |
| Thirteenth century medallions; notice circular and other forms
enclosing the figures. The heavy iron bars needed to support
the great weight of lead are skilfully adjusted to the design.
The world-famous shrine stood in the centre of this space. Tomb
of Black Prince in foreground, and above it armour he wore at
Crécy. | |
| Lincoln, Rose Window | [56] |
| Tracery unusual in that it does not radiate from centre.
Quantity of greenish grisaille used emphasises leaf-like
design. Thirteenth century medallions in the tall lancets
below. | |
| York Minster, “Five Sisters” | [62] |
| Softly toned grisaille, with delicate patterns in faint colour.
Of its type unsurpassed in the world. Note difference between
mellow strength of this glass and thinness of modern glazing in
upper tier of lancets. | |
| Map of Decorated Tour | [75] |
| York Minster, Chapter-House | [78] |
| Note the grouping together in each embrasure of five narrow
lights below gracefully elaborated tracery openings. Later on,
in the Perpendicular period, these traceries lose their
individuality, become stiffly regular, and part of the window
below. | |
| Tewkesbury Abbey, Choir | [103] |
| A rare example of rounded apse, generally replaced in England
by a square-ended chancel. Chief charm of these windows is
their rich colouring. | |
| Wells, “Golden Window” | [119] |
| Notice graceful setting, permitting a glimpse through into the
Lady chapel beyond. The large Tree of Jesse, rising from the
loins of the patriarch, is portrayed in colours of almost
barbaric richness. | |
| Exeter, East Window | [122] |
| Perpendicular stone frame, glazed chiefly with very typically
decorated figure-and-canopy glass preserved from the earlier
and smaller window. Below and beyond appears the Lady chapel. | |
| Map of Perpendicular Tour | [141] |
| Oxford, New College Antechapel | [145] |
| Transition window, presented by William of Wykeham, Founder of
the College. Stone frames are already Perpendicular: note the
“pepper-box” tracery lights. The glazing, as usual, lags behind
the architecture, and, because of its strong colour and flat
drawing, is more Decorated than Perpendicular. | |
| Gloucester, Choir | [162] |
| Great east window commerative of knights
who fought at Crécy. Backgrounds of pink and soft blue. Tracery lights no longer
differentiated from window below, as during Decorated period. Note elaborate masking
of earlier walls by later Perpendicular work. | |
| Coventry, Guildhall | [182] |
| Splendid row of ancient English kings, and, below, a great
tapestry. In the centre of the window, and again on the
tapestry, appears Henry VI., who was a member of the guild.
Handsome example of mediæval hall. | |
| York Minster, East Window | [188] |
| Tremendous sheet of colour, 78 by 32 feet. Lower half of stone
frame built in a double plane, and carries a gallery across
face of the glass. | |
| Winchester, Nave | [200] |
| The excellent effect produced by the Fifteenth Century
fragments with which this window is glazed proves that colour
is more important than design in glass. Note swerving to right
and left of two principal mullions, thus relieving a monotony
of upright lines. | |
| Map of Renaissance Tours | [214] |
| London, St. George’s, Hanover Square | [220] |
| A Renaissance Tree of Jesse from Belgium, readjusted to fit its
new embrasures. Figures unusually large for this subject. Fine
colours and drawing. | |
| Lichfield, Lady Chapel | [232] |
| Excellent example of Renaissance colouring, freer from applied
paint than then customary. This glass was brought from Belgium. | |
| Guildford, Bishop Abbott’s Hospital | [238] |
| Charming and complete glazing of a small chapel. Renaissance
glass coloured by the process of enamelling, often
unsatisfactory because bits are apt to peel off. | |