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2. Tracery - Wikipedia

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   Intersecting bar tracery (c. 1300) deployed mullions without capitals which branched off equidistant to the window-head. [1] The window-heads themselves were formed of equal curves forming a pointed arch and the tracery bars were curved by drawing curves with differing radii from the same centres as the window-heads. [1] The mullions were in ...

3. Mullion - Wikipedia

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   A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. [1] It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid support to the glazing of the window.

4. Hexagonal window - Wikipedia

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   The window can be vertically or horizontally oriented, openable or fixed. It can also be regular or elongately-shaped and can have a separator ( mullion ). Typically, the cellular window [ 2 ] is used for an attic or as a decorative feature, but it can also be a major architectural element to provide the natural lighting inside buildings .

5. Window - Wikipedia

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   A fixed window is a window that cannot be opened, [16] whose function is limited to allowing light to enter (unlike an unfixed window, which can open and close). Clerestory windows in church architecture are often fixed. Transom windows may be fixed or operable. This type of window is used in situations where light or vision alone is needed as ...

6. Transom (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it. This contrasts with a mullion, a vertical structural member. [1] Transom or transom window is also the customary U.S. word used for a transom light, the window over this crosspiece.

7. French Gothic stained glass windows - Wikipedia

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   The mullions and bars were modified into curvilinear forms, outlining the panels of the glass, creating elaborate designs within the window. The mullions of Notre-Dame de Paris spread outwards from the center like the rays of the sun, giving Rayonnant style its name. In later Gothic the tracery frames, seen from the outside, merged with the ...