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of the two narrow windows in the transepts, forming (with the line 

 of the splay and that of the outside face) the peculiar angular outer 

 member of the mullions, which occurs also in the great west window 

 at Winchester. The casement here is flat, and the outer member 

 of the jamb is the quirked wave-mould which exists on the inner 

 doorway of the porch. The window mouldings of the aisles and 

 clerestory, the nave arcade, and the various copings and cornices all 

 show the same mixture of early and late forms, the latter predomi- 

 nating, but all are rich and beautifully designed. 



The leading principle in the construction of the groups of 

 mouldings at Edington is that which is a special characteristic of 

 Perpendicular work — that all lie on the splay or chamfer plane, and 

 the projection of the various members all touch the line of that 

 plane. The splays, whether sunk or not, are also parallel to this 

 line, so that the mouldings are, as it were, sunk from the surface 

 represented by it. This applies not only to jamb and arch 

 mouldings, but also to the under sides of cornices and string courses. 



I have only time to make a brief allusion to the work of Bishop 

 Edington at Winchester Cathedral, executed between the years 

 1345 and 1366 ; this consists of the entire west front, one bay of 

 the north aisle and two of the south aisle. As regards the 

 mouldings, Professor Willis states that " those of Bishop Edington 

 and Bishop Wykeham afford a very useful test of the different 

 powers of the artists who designed them," and he arrives at a 

 conclusion unfavourable to our Pounder. But I do not hesitate to 

 affirm that had the learned Professor studied Bishop Edington's 

 mouldings in this Church he would not have accused him of any 

 lack of power of design. 



His mouldings at Winchester show a great advance in the change 

 of style ; they are much flatter, and of what Mr. Paley terms the 

 " save-trouble " type. Moreover, the corresponding members are 

 of the same size, both in the great west window of the nave, and 

 in the smaller ones of the aisles, which has a very coarse and 

 dwarfing effect upon the latter. The same chamfer-plane treat- 

 ment with parallel sunk splays is noticeable in them as in those at 

 Edington. The singular quirk breaking the splay or hollow (to 



