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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Fig. 7. EARLY ENGLISH (YORK). G. W. ALLYN, M.D. area in the top of a window or door was called the tympanum(drum). In the Early Norman it was a flat dead surface(Fig. 3). This was perforated first by round holes. In theEarly English these perforations became more ornamental, thecircles were cusped in the inside, yet the pattern was not lost:the stone dominated the glass. In the Decorated work thissubdivision became more intricate from the insertion of seriesof circles (geometrical) to intricate patterns of tracery (curvi-linear). (Fig. 8.) In France it became flamboyant. The 277
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Fig. 8.DECORATED WINDOWS (LINCOLN). \V. ALLYN, M.D. stone work became the mere skeleton on which to support thewealth of stained glass. This was known as decorated. Thewindows were not quite so pointed and the carvings not quiteso deep. A ball-ornament when used is characteristic. Thefoliage is no longer stiff-leafed, but beautifully curved andentwined. IV. THE PERPENDICULAR. This manner of building is purely English and is limitedto England. It is easily identified when seen. The mullionsof the windows run in vertical lines the entire length. Allconstructive or ornamental lines run perpendicularly (Fig. 9) 278

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