* * * * * Many secular buildings also remain to us of which the architecture is Gothic. Among these we find public halls and large buildings for public purposes--as Westminster Hall, or the Palace of Justice at Rouen; hospitals, as that at Milan; or colleges, as King's College, Cambridge, with its unrivalled chapel. Many charming minor works, such as fountains, wells (Fig. 10), crosses, tombs, monuments, and the fittings of the interior of churches, also remain to attest the versatility, the power of design, and the cultivated taste of the architects of the Gothic period. [Illustration: FIG. 10.--WELL AT REGENSBURG. (15TH CENTURY.)] FOOTNOTES: [1] As the north transept at Peterborough (Fig. 2). [2] At E on the plan of Peterborough (Fig. 2). [3] See Glossary. [Illustration: FIG. 11.{--SCULPTURED ORNAMENT FROM SENS CATHEDRAL.}] CHAPTER III. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN. English Gothic architecture has been usually subdivided into three periods or stages of advancement, corresponding to those enumerated on page 1; the early stage known as Early English, or sometimes as Lancet, occupying the thirteenth century and something more; the middle stage, known as Decorated, occupying most of the fourteenth century; and the latest stage, known as Perpendicular, occupying the fifteenth century and part of the sixteenth. The duration of each of these coincides approximately with the century, the transition from each phase to the next taking place chiefly in the last quarter of the century. Adding the periods of the English types of round arched Architecture, we obtain the following table:-- Up to 1066 or up to middle of 11th century, SAXON. A.D. 1066 to 1189 or up to end of 12th " NORMAN. A.D. 1189 to 1307 or up to end of 13th " EARLY ENGLISH. A.D. 1307 to 1377 or up to end of 14th " DECORATED. A.D. 1377 to 1546 or up to middle of 16th " PERPENDICULAR. The term "Early English" (short for Early English Gothic) applied to English thirteenth-century architecture explains itself. The term "Lancet" sometimes applied to the Early English style, is derived from the shape of the ordinary window-heads, which resemble the point of a lancet in outline (Fig. 16). Whatever term be adopted, it is necessary to remark that a wide difference exists between the earlier and the late examples of this period. It will suffice for our purposes if, when speaking of the fully-developed style of the late examples, we refer to it as Advanced Early English. The architecture of the fourteenth century is called "Decorated," from the great increase of ornament, especially in window tracery and carved enrichments. The architecture of the fifteenth century is called "Perpendicular," from the free use made of perpendicular lines, both in general features and in ornaments, especially in the tracery of the windows and the panelling with which walls are ornamented.[4]