“Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.” The second edition which came out in 1863, not long after the first edition sold out far more rapidly than had been hoped for. By George Gilbert Scott who was architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1849-1878 with help from William Burges and eleven other learned gentlemen most of whom were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries. Where kings of England have been crowned going back to before Henry V of Agincourt fame was crowned here in 1413.

ORIGIN OF WINDOW TRACERY: Triforium, Peterborough Cathedral, A.D. 1140. – Saint Maurice, York. ca. 1160 – Porch of Saint Mary’s Shrewsbury, ca. 1180. Plate II, Page 44 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n44/mode/1up

PROGRESS OF WINDOW TRACERY: Bourges Cathedral – Chartres Cathedral – Tours Cathedral. Plate III Page 46 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n46/mode/1up

PROGRESS OF WINDOW TRACERY: Auxerre Cathedral – Bourges Cathedral – Saint Martin des Champs, Paris – Sainte-Cbapelle, Paris. Plate V, Page 49 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n49/mode/1up

CLERESTORY WINDOWS: Choir – Northeast angle of nave, a. Eastern jamb temp, Henry III. b. Western Jamb Temp, Edward I – Junction of styles, Nave. a. Eastern jamb, temp. Edward I. b. Western jamb temp, Richard II. Plate X, Page 74 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n74/mode/1up

These are just the window tracery engravings there is a lot more in this book. So more coming

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