Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Mullion
A vertical member separating (and often supporting) window, doors, or panels set in series
In Gothic windows, the vertical tracery bars are mullionsFound in all western styles of architecture
Muntin: A secondary framing member to hold panes within a window, window wall, or glazed door
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: Clement House
- Rand House
- St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral - has vertical tracery bars
- Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
- Saturn Club
