Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 331
beveled stones. This framing distin-guished the window from a hole in the wall. A greatstep in advance was taken when the window-posts andthe arch were separated by means of a moulding (3-5).The arch-decoration either gave great prominence to thedifferent arch-stones (j, j), or was made by… … KARI,Y ROMANESQUE) WINDOWS. dows in this century. The hood of the arch (Fig. 218, 6)had at first the simple module ornament; but later, thelineal Romanesque decoration was introduced in thearch and hood. The circular window was developed bya rich embellishment of modules and fret-work. § Windows of…
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