Definition of Tracery. Meaning of Tracery. Synonyms of Tracery

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Definition of Tracery

Tracery
Tracery Tra"cer*y, n. A tracing of lines; a system of lines produced by, or as if by, tracing, esp. when interweaving or branching out in ornamental or graceful figures. ``Knit with curious tracery.' --Burns.
Tracery
Tracery Tra"cer/y, n.; pl. Traceries (Arch.) Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window. Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under Stump, and Fan tracery under Fan. (b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.

Meaning of Tracery from wikipedia

- Plate tracery and bar tracery Tracery is an architectural device by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into sections of various...
- of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with elaborate tracery and stained gl**** windows. At the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the...
- churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term rose window was not used before the 17th century and comes from...
- accolade. Ribs in Flamboyant tracery are recognizable by their flowing forms, which are influenced by the earlier curvilinear tracery of the Second Gothic (or...
- and the repetition of decorative motifs at different scales. The use of tracery gradually spread from the stained gl**** windows to areas of stonework,...
- austere form, without tracery. Paired windows were sometimes surmounted by a simple opening such as a quatrefoil cut in plate tracery. This form gave way...
- Tracery (1909–1924) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for winning the St. Leger Stakes in 1912. In a career...
- embellishment. The side was constantly enriched with elaborate tracery (Dennington, Norfolk) or with tracery and domestic scenes (North Cadbury, Somerset), or would...
- windows, four-centred arches, straight vertical and horizontal lines in the tracery, and regular arch-topped rectangular panelling. Perpendicular was the prevailing...
- It started with Reims Cathedral, first stone in 1211, world's first bar tracery between 1215 and 1220. Amiens Cathedral was begun with the western parts...