Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 89
leted the idea of a 48 GOTHIC ARCniTECTUKE, group, and was rapidly followed by ornamental treatment.Three, four, five, or more windows (which in such a positionare often termed lights) were often placed under onearch, the head of which was filled by a more or less richgroup of circles ; mouldings… … Fig. is.—Geometrical Tracery. (14th Centirv.) window heads, it is known as plate tiacery. The thin-ning down of the blank space to a comparatively narrowsurface went on, and by and by the use of mouldingscaused that plain surface to resemble bars of stone bentinto a circular form: this was called…
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