Gothic

a term sometimes used to distinguish medieval from cla ical; architecture..In a more limited sense Hit comprehends those styles only of medizval architecture which are characterized by the pointed arch. In the narrower sense, Gothic architecture dates from the middle of the 12th century; in the wider, it includes as well Anglo-Saxon, which prevailed from the close of the 6th to the middle of the 11th century, and also Anglo-Norman, which flourished during the succeeding 100 years. Gothic architecture ° attained its perfection in the Decorated English period. In the early part of the 17th century Gothie fell into entire disuse. Toward the close of the 18th century a reaction began, and the movement has gone on gathering strength ever since, Also the language of the Goths, a race of Teutones who anciently occupied a great portion of Ft gen and Asiatic Ru ia. It is of the Low German group of Teutonic dialects, to which belong English, French, Dutch, Flemish, and Old Saxon.