perpendicular tracery

perpendicular tracery

Tracery of the Perpendicular style with repeated perpendicular mullions, crossed at intervals by horizontal transoms, producing repeated vertical rectangles which often rise to the full curve of the arch.

See also: Tracery

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perpendicular tracery, rectilinear tracery

perpendicular tracery

Tracery of the Perpendicular style with repeated perpendicular mullions often rising to the curve of the arch, the mullions crossed at intervals by horizontal transoms producing repeated vertical rectangles.

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