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13 Cards in this Set
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Ashlar masonry |
Carefully cut blocks of stone used in construction. |
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Lux nova |
“New light,” polychrome rays of light that shine through stained glass. |
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Rose window |
A circular stained glass window. |
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Triforium |
The blind arcaded gallery below the clerestory; it may correspond with the exterior strip of wall covering the sloping timber roof above the galleries. |
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Lancet |
A tall narrow window ending in a pointed arch. |
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Flying buttress |
Masonry struts that transfer the thrust of the nave vaults to talk exterior piers. |
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Pinnacle |
A sharply pointed ornament capping piers or flying buttresses. |
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Vaulting web |
The vaulting area that fill the area between the ribs of a groin vault; also called the severy. |
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Severy |
The bay between two transverse ribs in a vaulted ceiling.
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Glazier |
A glasswork or stained glass artist. |
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Cames |
Lead strips joining cut pieces of glass in stained glass. |
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Tracery |
The ornamental stone work framing stained glass. Plate or stone tracery is thick (stone dominate) and bar tracery is thin and delicate (glass dominates). |
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Rayonnant |
The « radiant » style of Gothic architecture, particularly associated with with the French royal court of Louis IX at Paris. |
