A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 612
Window, Fig. 8: Stone lhihch, Kent; c. 1240. cusped quatrefoil. It is easy to see that theenlargement of all these three openings fromwhat they are in Fig. 1 gives us the traceryshown in Fig. 2 (Tracery), where the rondelabove puts on the form of a rose window, and1055 them. Figure 6 (Window) shows… … WlXDOW, 1 lu. y. iUEDEAKtBY, NORWICH; c. 1250 Chartres window (Fig. 2, Tracery), that archhas not interested the builder much, while inFig. 6 of the present article it is seen that thearchitect has cared more for the generallypointed shape of his window than for the de-1056 WINDOW tails of its…
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