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Rh Bk. VI. Ch. III. WINDOW TRACERY. 161 style was adopted by the French only after the English wars, whereas the Perpendicular style had superseded this and all other Decorated forms in England before the death of Edward III. During the time that flow- ing forms were used in Ens:- land they gave rise to some of the most beautiful crea- tions in window tracery that are anywhere to be found. The east window at Carlisle • (Woodcut No. 595) is one of the finest examjjles, and illus- trates the peculiarity of the style as adopted in this coun- try. Though the forms are flowing, and consequently as lithic forms, weak, the 595. East Wimlnw, Carlisle Cathedral. (From a drawing by R. W. Billings.) parts are so exquisitely 'lli:li:Hl,SKifeiilitt^ 696. South Transept Window, Lincoln Cathedral. (Cath. Hb.)