Description
Tracery normally refers to ornamental stonework in the upper part of a Gothic window.
We show separate pages on:
A) plate tracery (the earliest and simplest form of tracery)
B) several variations of bar tracery (using slender shafts to form decorative patterns) are shown on the following pages:
Associated terms include ogee, trefoil, quatrefoil, dagger and mouchette
C) A third category of tracery relates to blind tracery, applied to walls rather than windows.
D) A fourth category is drop tracery