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Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 253

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age derived from nature—hawthorn, oak, vine,ivy, or leafage less obviously specific. The natural foliageof the Decorated style forms indeed the most excellentpeculiarity and great step in advancement of the period,and appears in all the stone, wood, painted glass, and wall STAINED GLASS. 235… … Tracery Window. 1350. White windows of a still simpler character than theolder ones are likewise seen. These are formed by inter-secting lines that cover the whole with diamond shapescalled quarries from the French word carve, square; in each of which spaces a rosette, leaf, or…

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