Cross-window

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Flamboyant Gothic building with cross-windows

A cross-window is a

transom, forming a cross.[1]

The

transom
separating the lights.

Design

Characteristically the rectangular window is divided into four individual lights by a mullion and transom in the form of a

Herrerian style). Where the transom is in the middle, the window is divided into four lights of equal size. Later the windows were often divided into six lights, the two upper ones often being joined and forming a type of fanlight
.

References

Literature

  • Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim/Wien/Zürich 1973, Vol. 8, p. 638.

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