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 256
ot vegetating, as in Germany, butblazing from the foundation to the bristling finials. Thedifference between this style of tracey and our own flowingstyle f exemplified in the west window at York), is, that whilethe upper ends of our loops or leaves are round or simplypointed, i. e., with finite… … English leaf-tracery. French flamboyant tracery. tangential ; but to the flame-like effect, that the upper onesshould be so, even if the lower were finite ; and hence someexamples of flamboyant tracery, turned upside down, form akind of leaf-tracery. Our countrymen, however, adopted a method which…
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