Cross-window
A cross-window is a
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
- ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
Literature
- Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim/Wien/Zürich 1973, Vol. 8, p. 638.