Reticulated - See tracery. Retro-choir - The space behind the high altar in a major church.
Reticulated A type of window tracery which has a net-like pattern formed by a series of inter-linked ogee arches. It was common in the early 14th-century Decorated style (from Latin opus reticulatum: net or lace-work).
reticulated Patterned, often in a net-like design. rostrum and tester In a catholic church, the pulpit and overhead canopy. The canopy helps project the priest's voice to the congregation. rinceau A symmetrical, swirling foliate ornament.
Net (reticulated) tracery: Gothic tracery consisting mainly of a netlike arrangement of repeated geometrical figures. - Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture, Ed. by Cyril M. Harris. Dover Pub. 1977 Furniture ...
RETICULATED TRACERY: a form of window tracery, characteristic of the Decorated style, developed through the addition of ogee curves to the lights in intersecting tracery and resulting in window heads filled with tiers of quatrefoils.
A style of English Gothic between 1290 - 1350. Characterised by the Intersecting tracery and Reticulated tracery found in church windows of the period. See also: Early English, Geometric Style, Perpendicular Style Early Englishsearch for term ...
Dec tracery makes much use of ogee or reversed curves, which were combined in the 14th century to produce reticulated and flowing tracery composed of trefoils, quatrefoils and dagger shapes.
Reticulated Tracery. A type of tracery typical of early 14th century consisting entirely of circles drawn at the top and bottom of the window head to form Ogee shapes so that a net like appearence results. Panel Tracery.
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