Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 236
nturies they w^ere made of vast sizeand great lightness of tracery, as inthe transepts of Notre Dame (1257) and the west front ofAmiens (1288). From the design of these windows is de-rived the name Rayonnant, often applied to the FrenchGothic style of the period 1275-1375. THE SAINTE CHAPELLE. In… … FIG. 120.—ONE BAY, ABBEYOF ST. DENIS. 204 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Denis. Each was divided by slender muUions into fourlancet-like lights gathered under the rich tracery of thewindow - head. They were filled with stained glass ofthe most brilliant but harmonious hues. They occupy the whole…
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