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of Minerva at Athens, and another temple engraved on a 

 Greek gem [fig. 7], show beautiful specimens of trellis 

 windows, which preceded those of glass : and the lattice or 

 diamond panes of our older windows owe their shape to 

 the treUis of which they took the place. And not only 

 their shape, but their very angle : for while this is not 

 invariable, it is so generally of one standard that this cannot 

 be the result of accident. Thus I find the angle of the 

 panes in a window of Ann Hathaway's cottage, near 

 Stratford-on-Avon, precisely the same as that of the glass 

 in the oldest windows of the Crypt in Gloucester 

 Cathedral, and of the panes in the lattice window of the 

 old tower at Llantwit, Neath. This angle is the obtuse 

 angle of a pentagon : and it is also very nearly that of the 

 beautiful wall ornamentation in the Alhambra, imitating 

 trellis, while it is precisely that of the trellis in the Greek 

 temple shown on the gem and in the temple of Minerva, 

 at Athens, shown in Plate VIII., fig. 4. 



But it is far older than the Greek temple ; for the wall- 

 decoration of the Palace at Birs-Nimroud, which is com- 

 posed of plugs of clay coloured and enamelled at the outer 

 ends, is of exactly the same lattice pattern, or elongated 

 trellis. 



Of course, in the modern developments of lattice work, 

 there are often variations to suit odd measurements of the 

 window-frame : the glazier simply dividing the total width 

 and depth to avoid fractions of a pane in either direction : 

 as in the window of the chamber occupied by Erasmus's 

 servant at Queen's College, Cambridge, in which the pattern 

 is slightly l)roadened. 



How ancient the use of trellis is, in temples, is proved 

 by a coin of Byblos, in Phoenicia, which shows the screen 

 round the idol (Isis ?) in the cella, composed of lattice- 

 work. [Plate Vni., fig 5]. In the Imperial palaces at 

 Rome the inner doors were of trellis, known, like lattice 



