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TRANSOM (probably a corruption of Lat. transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are Fr. traverse, croisillon, Ger. Losholz)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 186 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TRANSOM (probably a corruption of Lat. transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are Fr. traverse, croisillon, Ger. Losholz) ,the architectural
term
  given to the
horizontal
 
lintel
  or beam which is framed across a window, dividing it into stages or heights. In early
Gothic
  ecclesiastical
work
  transoms are only found in belfry unglazed windows or spire lights, where they were deemed necessary to strengthen the mullions in the
absence
  of the
iron
  stay bars, which in glazed windows served a similar purpose. In domestic
work
 , on account of the opening casements, they are more frequently found. In the later
Gothic
 , and more especially the Perpendicular period, the introduction of transoms became very general in windows of all kinds.


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