Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 323
riangular opening (Fig. 306).Sometimes one of the outer moldings of the arch of adoor or window was pointed with cusps terminating insmall finials (Plate XVII, 2, shows this treatment ap-plied to a flying buttress-arch in Germany). Wall and Gable Tracery. During the course of the Developed Period… … tracery in relief; a prac-tice especially common inEnglish Perpendicularand German FloridGothic work, but foundin all countries (see PlateXVII). In France italso became an increas-ingly frequent practice toerect over doorways andwindows false gables—i.e.gables having no roof behind them but…
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