A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 399
e system of making the mullions branchoff into circles, quatrefoils, and other geometrical figures abovethe springing of the arches, speedily superseded this expedient,and established the use of tracery (Plate 152) : its character,at first, was often rather heavy, and the larger openings onlywere… … e Tracery not unfrequently extendsbelow the level of the springing of thewindow-head both in the Decorated andPerpendicular styles (Dunchurch, Plate155.—Little St. Marys, Plate 157.—Kings Sutton, Plate 1G4). Occasionallya small quantity is used below a transom,as at Bristol cathedral; and…
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