pointed arch

Did you know it was the interlacing of the round arches that gave the first idea of the pointed arch, dear?

The great pointed arch which framed the gable windows gave exceptional grace to the faade (photos, p. 73).

On its capital there is the spring of a pointed arch, enriched with dog-tooth ornament similar to the entrance arch.

Because the pointed arch was sacred, he would not despise the humble office of the lintel.

The old Roman arch disappears, and the pointed arch is substituted,--graceful and elevated.