A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 613
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… … Window, Fig. 10: Boyton Church,WlLTSHlKE ; 1250. vaulting principle had come to control the wholedesign, and the sjMce beneath each wall archand between two buttresses was treated lil<e agreat opening to be filled with glass; but inEngland the wall still interested the builders,and a natural way…
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