Identifier: gothicarchitectu01jackuoft (find matches)
Title: Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: Cambridge, University Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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und arched clerestory. The transitionalnave of Worcester Cathedral, of which only the two Worcesterwestern bays remain, displayed a mixture of pointedarches and round (Fig. 73). The great arcades, datingfrom about 1175, have pointed arches on well-developedclustered piers; the clerestory triplet has two pointedarches flanking a round arch opposite the single roundarched window; and the triforium has round-archedopenings surmounted by a pointed arch. The Roman-esque square abacus survives, and the arches of triforiumand clerestory are decorated with the Norman zigzag andother primitive ornaments. The high vaults of thesetwo bays of the nave are later, dating probably fromearly in the 14th century, but the clustered wall shaftof Norman work in front of the pier implies that avault over the nave had been intended from the first.These bays at Worcester form a very important link inthe early development of English Gothic independentlyof any French influence. navec. 1175 182 ENGLAND (CH. XI
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Fig. 73-From The Builder CH. Xl) THE TRANSITION The nave of S. Davids cathedral, built by Bishop s. DavidsPeter de Leia between 1176 and 1198, is mainly u76-ii98Romanesque, though of a very late type, with round-arched arcade and clerestory, plentifully adorned with agreat variety of Norman zigzags ; but it has a triforiumof pointed arches (Plate LVI I). Its transitional characteris marked by the detail of the arch-mouldings which arealmost Early English in detail (Fig. 74), by the quasi-Attic base, by the concave profile of the fluted cushioncapitals, and by the prjrmtiye_foliage of some of them.From the wall-shafts of the upper storey it would seem

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