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It is in fact nothing more than a series of quatrefoiled apertures in the solid wall of the house, with mouldings on their faces, and magnificent arches of pure pointed fifth order sustaining them below.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

This is apparent from the pointed windows of the top story and the quatrefoiled circular windows of the story beneath.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald

The space above the aisle windows is ornamented with quatrefoiled squares, and the clerestory is pierced by windows of three lights.

From The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Withers, Hartley

There are three square pedestals under the three main niches on each side of it, and one in the centre; each of these being on two sides decorated with five quatrefoiled panels.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John

The corner buttresses have pinnacles at their stages, and the space below the north window is filled with quatrefoiled panels, and lozenges, traceried, with plain shields in their centres.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton