Spire light
This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. (March 2011) |
Spire light (Fr. lucarne), the term given to the windows in a spire which are found in all periods of English Gothic architecture, and in French spires form a very important feature in the composition.[1]
There is an early example in the spire of the cathedral at Oxford; they are not glazed, and have occasionally, if of large size, transoms to strengthen the mullions.[1]
The term lucarne is used in France to mean "dormer window". They take many different forms which distinguishes the form of small roof above the window: "à chevalet" (straight lucarne), lucarne avec saillie and lucarne "à la capucine" (or with receding roof).[citation needed]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Spire Light". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 693. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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