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

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