A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 356
i.sgau, Burgos in Spain,etc., the wliole structure became a mere open-work of tracery. In these enrichments of theprimitive 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 bj… … Spike of N i th Tower ( h\rthi. ( \thh i vl: FlMSHEU lolo. HeII.HT AliOLl jbO IttT. 582 SPIRELBT In iitluM- ami later varieties, especially inHughind, the spire arose tVoin the roof of thetower behind a mask of ornamental battlementsand pinnacles, confessing itself as a separatestructure. In these…
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