Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 37
es of an arch, vault, or roof, and so counteract the thrust.Tortjs.—A large convex moulding.Tower.—A portion of a building rising conspicuously above the general mass, and obviously distinguished by its height from that mass. A detached building of which the height is great, relative to the width… … Fio. ee.—Perpendicular WiNDOWHEAD. Fig.//.—Late Peependicular WiNDuWHEAD. uess have to be combined. The simplest and earliest tracery mightbe described as a combination of openings pierced through the stonehead of an arch. Cusping and foliation (which see) are features oftracery. (See Figs. 18, 19,…
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