Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 263
from the triforium windows of Amiens (c. 1250-1260). The open arcade crowning the west front ofNotre Dame, Paris, is another beautiful example of similarmethod. The square spandrils of rose windows were also xj6 WINDOWS AND GLASS opened out and combined with the circles. Fig. 81 is aquarter of one… … Fig. 82. Triforium windows from the transept of Amiens Cathedral. part that they serve in the economy of the building, thescale, frequently upwards of a thousand square feet,whereby the figured glass may be seen by a concourse ofpeople, and, above all, the way in which such a windowlends itself to,…
Art, Medieval
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