plate tracery
architecture
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Plate tracery is a decorative architectural element consisting of patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. It was a feature of early French and English Gothic architecture, where the tympanum (the space above smaller arches within a larger arch) was pierced with openings, often a single circular or four-lobed shape. This style predates bar tracery, where openings are separated by thin stone bars. Notable examples of plate tracery can be found in 12th-century Chartres Cathedral and the rose window at Lincoln Cathedral.12
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