A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 618
Window, Fio. U: The Deakhkv, Mokwkh; c. 12,iO Chartrcs window (Fig. 2, Tracery), that arciihas not interested the builder much, while inFig. G of the ])resent article it is seen that thearchitect has cared more fin- the generallypointed shape of his window than fur the ilc-1050 WINDOW tails of its… … Window, Fig. 10: Botton Church, WiLTSHIKE ; 1250. vaulting principle had come to control tiie wholedesign, and the space beneath each wall archand between two buttresses was treated like agreat opening to be filled with glass ; but inEngland the wall still interested the builders,and a natural way…
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