The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.

ERENT KINDS

styles, as they differ from each other,

as a criterion of style; too much dependence, however, must no

s divided genera

inted arch, the round-headed arch, and the curved-

or straight-lined pointed arch

on style, where it is often to be met with of plain and rude construction. But instances of this form of arch, though they are not frequent, are to be met with in the Norman

inds of round-heade

ilted arch (fig. 2), the segmental arch (

hey formed o

ut the sides are carried downwards in a straight line below the spring of the curve till they rest upon the imposts; the seg

f time do we find these

century. It is in some degree considered as a characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman styles. The stilted arch is chiefly found in conjunction with the semicircular arch in the construction of Norman vaulting over a space in plan that of a parallelogram. The segment

asses may the point

h described from two centres, and the compl

ferent kinds of sim

ch; the Equilateral pointed arch;

ancet arch form

have a radius or line longer than the breadth of the arch,

ilateral arch for

a radius or line equal to the breadth of the arch, and it

se-angled arch for

and the centres of it have a radius shorter than the breadth of t

iod were these poi

uring the thirteenth century; after which the lancet arch appears to have bee

ferent kinds of com

the Ogee, or contrasted

or contrasted arch,

arch on a level with the spring, and two placed on the exterior of the arch, and level with the apex or

rch introduced, and ho

urteenth century, and continued till

he Tudor ar

l with the spring, and two at a dis

arch introduced, and

earlier, but became most prevalent during the reigns of Henry the Seventh a

of arches are ther

rt of the thirteenth century, chiefly as a heading for niches or blank arcades; the second, used for the same purpose, we find to have prevailed in the thirteenth century; and the latter is found in doorways of the thi

s, Oxford,

rixworth Church, North