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attended to. Indeed, in the domestic architecture of this era, 
the windows and doors are often sources of great architectu- 
ral beauty, instead of being left mere bare openings filled 
with glass as in the Classic styles. Not only is each indi- 
vidual window divided by mullions, in compartments whose 
tops are encircled by tracery ; but in particular apartments, 
as the dining-hall, library, etc., these are filled with richly 
stained glass, which gives a mellow pleasing light to the 
apartment. Added to this, the windows, in the best Tudor 
mansions, affected a great variety of forms and sizes. Among 
these stand conspicuous, the b ay, and oriel windows. The 
bay-window, which is introduced on the first or principal floor, 
in most apartments, of much size or importance, is a win- 
dow of treble or quadruple the common size, projecting from 
the main body of the room in a semi-octagonal or hexagonal 
form, thereby affording more space in the apartment, from 
the floor to the ceiling, as well as giving an abundance of 
light, and a fine prospect in any favourite direction. This, 
while it has a grander effect than several windows of mode- 
rate size, gives a variety of form and outline to the different 
apartments, that can never be so well attained when the 
windows are mere openings cut in the solid walls. The oriel- 
window is very similar to the bay-window, but projecting 
in a similar manner from the upper story, supported on cor- 
belled mouldings. These windows are not only elegant in 
the interior, but by standing out from the face of the walls, 
they prevent any thing like too great a formality externally, 
and bestow a pleasing variety on the different fronts of the 
building 
The sky outline of a villa in the Tudor Gothic style, is 
highly picturesque. It is made up of many fine features. 
The pointed gables, with their finials, are among the most 
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