Teffi - "Rasputin"

[Irina Rodimtseva]

Here's a link to a picture that shows a typical Petersburg зеркальное 
окно-фонарь. Some houses built in the early 1900s have huge plate windows; I 
used to have plate windows about 6 feet high. Фонарь can be a lot more 
prominent too.

http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?source=wiz&uinfo=sw-1007-sh-585-fw-782-fh-448-pd-1&p=1&text=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%20%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD&noreask=1&pos=33&rpt=simage&lr=20911&img_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvnexpress.net%2FFiles%2FSubject%2F3b%2Fbd%2Fe6%2Fef%2Fpavel_durov.jpg
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From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 17:12
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Teffi - "Rasputin"


> William Ryan wrote:
>
>> Very similar except that an oriel window is a bay window on an upper
>> floor and is supported on some kind of masonry bracket and may not
>> have internal floor space, while a bay window strictly speaking
>> should have internal floor space (a bay) and may be on the ground
>> floor. And if a bay window is curved it may also be called bow
>> window.
>
> This may be technically correct, but in my experience in the United 
> States, bay windows often have no floor space. Instead, they have a 
> waist-high shelf amenable to plants or other decorations, or in some cases 
> to sitting. In one case, the owner had a trapezoidal cushion custom-made 
> for the purpose. At any rate, the main wall continues straight across 
> under the bay.
>
> I've seen what you describe, but it's not the only possibility.
>
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