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SPIRE LIGHT (Fr. lucarne)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 693 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPIRE
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LIGHT (Fr.
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lucarne)  , the
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term given to the windows in a
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spire which are found in all periods of
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English
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Gothic
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architecture, and in
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French
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spires
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form a very important feature in the
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composition . There is an
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early example in the spire of the
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cathedral at
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Oxford; they are not glazed, and have occasion-ally, if of large
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size, transoms to strengthen the mullions .

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