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Glazing Bars.
Wooden or metal bars separating and supporting glazed panels.. eg in a Stained Glass Window. Modern material used is Phosphor Bronze.
Gothic.

 


GLAZING BARS
Wooden or sometimes metal bars separating and supporting window panes.

More commonly, it is used to describe wooden glazing bars dividing up a glazed sash (Quite reasonably, these are also refered to as sash bars). Early astragals tended to be thick and chunky without much detail (Illustration).

Barrel light - A roof light with curved glazing, often in polycarbonate, with similarly curved glazing bars. It resembles a barrel vault
Barrel Nipple - A short tubular with a taper thread outside at each end, unthreaded in the middle ...

A window, often semicircular, with radiating glazing bars suggesting a fan that is placed over a door.
Fascia
A horizontal piece (such as a board) covering the joint between the top of a wall and the projecting eaves; also called fascia board.

FANLIGHTS: an arched window with radiating glazing bars that imitate a fan, placed over a door; loosely any over-door window. (IMAGE)
FINIAL: a formal ornamentation fixed to the top of a peak, arch, gable, etc. (IMAGE) ...

The glazing bars of the round headed arch were simply replaced by interlaced glazing to support the pointed arch.

Fanlight - window, semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan.
Feretory - enclosure or chapel within which the fereter shrine, or tomb (as in Henry VII.'s chapel), was placed.

Lattice window - A window with diamond-shaped leaded lights or with glazing bars arranged like an open-work screen; also, loosely any hinged window, as distinct from a sash window.

A window above a door, usually semi-circular, with glazing bars radiating out like a fan. A defining element of Federal-style homes.
Fascia ...

fanlight A semicircular or semielliptical window above a door, usually inset with radiating glazing bars.
fascia A horizontal, flat element, often combined with a cornice and architrave.

wheel window - A round window with glazing bars radiating from the center ...

A window above a door, usually semicircular or semielliptical, with glazing bars radiating out like a fan ...

GlacisArtificial slope extending out and downwards from the parapet of a fort.Glazing barsWooden or metal bars separating and supporting window panes.GnomonVane or indicator casting a shadow onto a sundial.Gothic ...

See also: Glazing, Architecture, Masonry, Ornament, Arch