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the identity of principle upon which both the Gothic liorhts 
and Norman arcades are formed. 
The next example is from the same cathedral, and 
exhibits the normal lines of the clerestory windows to the 
north transept. Here three acutely pointed lights are 
formed under one enclosing semicircle. (Plate 2, No. 7.) 
This triple window is identical with the Norman arcade 
of St. John's, Devizes. (See No. 5, plate 1.) The Five 
Sisters," of York, (No. 2, plate 2), are formed upon the 
same principle ; also, " the Seven Sisters," of Lincoln Ca- 
thedral, (No. 8, plate 2) ; but in these examples, three and 
four lights are enclosed under one semicircle. 
How frequently have the various degrees of obtuse- 
ness or acuteness of Lancet lights been referred to as 
proofs of the w^him and caprice actuating the minds of the 
designers of our Cathedrals ! How immediately is the 
caviller silenced by the resolution of these exquisite ex_ 
amples into their simple and elementary lines ! If such 
taste and judgment be discoverable in the mere normal 
lines, can we be surprised at the emotions which arise 
in our breasts, when contemplating the appropriate and 
beautiful decorations under which these lines are con- 
cealed ? 
The next example is a very beautiful one from Salisbury 
Cathedral. (Plate 2, No. 3). Two intersecting circles, 
forming the central window, determine the distance of the 
buttresses ; and two other circles of equal diameter, struck 
from the centres of the buttresses, find the arcs of the four 
side windows, and render it difficult to decide whether this 
example should be considered as a triple or quintuple window. 
MULTIPLE LANCET WINDOWS. 
Nos. 2 and 8 (plate 2), the former " the Five Sisters of 
York," and the latter " the Seven Sisters of Lincoln 
Cathedral," prove a constant recurrence to the inter- 
