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CURVILINEAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 664 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CURVILINEAR , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, that which is formed by curved or flowing lines; the See also:

ROOFS

roofs over the domes and vaults of the See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine churches were generally curvilinear . The See also:

TERM

term is also given to the flowing See also:

TRACERY

tracery of the Decorated and the Flamboyant styles .

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