traceried
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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 William Henry Hamilton Rogers
It partly consists of traceried panels of Purbeck marble, having shields in their centres, on which were formerly brasses.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
The flat ceiling of the aisles, with rich traceried bosses and spandrels, is very effective.
From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The front of this is carved with a double row of panels having traceried heads, the upper row being half the width of the lower one.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Not only is it employed where French and English architects used it, as in the jambs of doorways, but it constantly replaces the mullion in traceried windows.
From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith
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