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Monofora is a type of the single-light
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Monofora is a type of the single-light window
A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent materia ...
, usually narrow, crowned by an arch, and decorated by small columns or pilasters.
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The term usually refers to a certain type of window designed during the Romanesque,Gothic
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, and Renaissance
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periods, and also during the nineteenth-century Eclecticism in architecture
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. In other cases, the term may mean an arched window with a single opening.
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See also
* Lancet window *Bifora
The bifora or ''pifara'' was a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the ancient shawm and particularly to the piffero of the northern Italian Apennines. Much larger than the piffero, and made in one piece, it was employed ...
*Trifora
Trifora is a type of three-light window. The trifora usually appears in towers and belfries—on the top floors, where it is necessary to lighten the structure with wider openings.
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The trifora has three openings divided by two small colu ...
*Quadrifora
Quadrifora is a type of four-light window. It appears in towers and belfries on top floors, where it is necessary to lighten the structure with wider openings. The quadrifora can also be a group closely set windows.
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The quadrifora is d ...
*Polifora
Polifora is a type of the multi-light window. It appears in towers and belfries on top floors, where it is necessary to lighten the structure with wider openings. The term ''polifora'' usually refers to the window with at least five parts.
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References
* {{cite book, first1=Guillermo, last1= Fatás Cabeza , first2=Gonzalo , last2=Borrás , year=1993, title= Diccionario de Términos de Arte , publisher=Alianza Editorial Ediciones del Prado, language=es, place= Madrid, isbn =84-7838-388-3, page= 165 Architectural elements Windows