Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

plate tracery: tracery which uses thick areas of stone to separate glozed areas. The window may look as if it had been filled in with stone, then small openings cut through for the glass. The stone rather than the glass dominates the window.

Contrast with :bar tracery.

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