Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 397
e outer plane of the window beingadorned with purely decorative mullions and tracery, allquite useless, in addition to that which holds the glass(Ulm, Strassburg). In the fifteenth centmy the designbecomes flamboyant, the vesica (Fischblase = fish blad-der) or palm-leaf form constituting a favorite… … Fig. 380 A. Carved Pf.w I-nm); Ger-man MiDDiE Gothic. Openwork or traceried spires are peculiarly Germanfeatures, as at Freiburg in Baden, Esslingen, Strass-burg, and the modern reproductions of old designs atCologne, Ulm and Ratisbon (Regensburg). The spire loses its function as atrue roof, but…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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