A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 351
s in Spain,etc., the whole structure became a mere open-WOrk of tracery. In these enrichments of thejjrimitive type, every device of design was usedto obliterate the line of demarcation betweentower and spire, and the general pyramidal ef-fect of the combined structure was secured liy thesuccessive… … Spire of North Tower, Chartres C.\thei)K.vl: Fi.NisHBD 1513: Heioht about 380 feet. 582 SPIRELET In other and later varieties, especially inEngland, the spire arose from the roof of thetower behind a mask of ornamental battlementsand pinnacles, confessing itself as a separatestructure. In these…
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