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                                                                      	point of degradation, had passed to the flamboyant
                                                                      stage in which no surface being left, the renaissance
                                                                      feeling was violently engrafted and forced into the skele-
                                                                      ton form, as at Cisons.  Before this however;  the first
                                                                      degradation had taken place;  into
                                                                      3.a. b1.  The Gothic of the  Netherland minaret Brussels &c
                                                                      	3.a. b2.  The perpendicular  Flamboyant:  St Ouen Spire
                                                                      		 Parts of Beauvois: and the perpendicular foliation of
                                                                      Troyes.
                                                                      3.a. b3   German penetrative Gothic,  Berne, etc.
                                                                      	3 a b4  The rich Spanish form, Burgos, I must study this
                                                                      and find its date.
	Conf. Young VII p 153:  Want and convenience, under                  It seems to me that one of the chief reasons for the de-
workers lay the basis on which love of glory builds.                  gradation of architecture, and for the mistaken pursuit
                                                                      of new styles, is the want of sufficient consideration of
                                                                      the simple Q into Fs to which all buildings may be reduced;
                                                                      of the few necessities, the accomplishment of which, by
                                                                      the best, i.e. commonly, simplest means, is the first
                                                                                   function of building.  Now the necessary parts of buildings
                                                                      are simple fout:4,the wall, roof, door, and window;  and by
                                                                      the consideration of the most proper and natural forms
                                                                      of these we may arrive at the  condition, or laws of
                                                                      beauty in the most refined work.

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