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Glossary

Faience
(French): Moulded and fired glazed terracotta (clay ornament or cladding), when coloured or left white.
Fan-vault
A form of vault used after c. 1350, made up of halved concave masonry cones decorated with blind tracery.
Fanlight
A semicircular glazed opening, usually above a door, typical of Georgian architecture; sometimes used by extension for a rectangular glazed opening over a door.
Fascia
Plain horizontal band, e.g. in an architrave, or on a shopfront.
Fenestration
The arrangement of windows in a fa
Feretory
Site of the chief shrine of a church, behind the high altar.
Ferramenta
Metal window grid to which glazing, especially stained glass, is secured.
Festoon
Ornamental garland, shown as if suspended from both ends. Compare swag.
Fibreglass
Synthetic resin reinforced with glass fibre; also called glass-reinforced polyester (GRP). GRC: glass-reinforced concrete.
Field
The central flat area within panelling, often slightly projecting (raised and fielded panelling).