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152 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II, and one-third to the triforium. With pointed arches this was the most pleasing and satisfactory arrangement adopted during the Middle Ages ; but when something very like it was attempted in the nave of Gloucester with round arches, the effect was most JfHTC'«M EP.ATB STATE PRE^ENTf STATE A.VVUK^ <it 584. Transformation of the Nave, Wincliester Cathedral. (Cath. Hh.) nnpleasing. Before the architects, however, settled down to this proportion, a variety of experiments were tried. One of the most successful was the nave of Lichfield Cathedral (Woodcut No. .^76). Here the whole height is divided equally : one half is given to the
