The history and rudiments of architecture; embracing, I. The orders of architecture; II. Architectural styles of various countries; III. The nature and principles of design in architecture; and, IV. An accurate and complete glossary of architectural terms .. (1853)
Bullock, John, ed · New York, Stringer & Townsend · leaf 252
racery,—geometrical, flowing, and perpendi-cular,—while the last is, as every one knows, by far thecommonest in England, the most abundant kind in Franceis flowing fflamboyantj, and in Germany geometrical, i. e.,unmeaning. The unmeaning tracery of Germany is very beautiful, and * Sub/oiling seems a… … generally par-takes of thepacked charac-ter, the follow-ing forms occur-ing very abun-dantly. The Elements of German Tracery. convex-sided triangle and square are placed in all positionsindifferently, and the frameless trefoils and quatrefoils areoften formed on the basis of these figures instead…
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