A valuable addition to the study of medieval architectural history and suitable for both expert and interested amateur. ROUND TOWER It will be a most useful vade mecum for the enthusiastic church visitor. [...] A comprehensive overview of English parochial tracery design. ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY Anyone interested in medieval windows will enjoy the great range of examples put forward and discussed by Hart, whose book is a timely reminder of the ingenuity and creativity of England's medieval masons. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION A comprehensive, sophisticated and long overdue survey of the development of Gothic church window tracery. CHURCH MONUMENTS A perceptive, informative, beautifully written, and well-illustrated study of the topic. SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS NEWSLETTER In a methodical, clear and notably well-illustrated fashion (there are good plates of some 300 windows) it traces the evolution of tracery through the Lancet, Geometric, Curvilinear and Perpendicular styles. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY The varieties of such stonework are splendidly analysed and illustrated. DAILY TELEGRAPH (Christopher Howse)
Dr Stephen Hart is a Senior Lecturer with special responsibilities at the Department of War Studies, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has been published widely on military history topics, particularly British and German operations during WWII.
Introduction Architectural Styles and Window Arch Forms Skeletal Frameworks of Window Tracery Origins and Techniques of Tracery Lancet Style Geometric Tracery Styles Curvilinear Tracery Perpendicular Styles Glossary List of Churches by County Index of Places