The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 359
nder-stood, the constructive por-tions were reduced to exactlythe sizes needed for stabil-ity ; towers and spires shothigher into the air, and thesharp-pointed arches (char-acteristic of the lancet pe-riod) were modified to suchcomely proportions (Fig. 135)as to lead certain archaeologists into… … Fig. 135.—Window of theRayonnant period.
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