Isabelline

isabelline English Etymology Borrowed from en es isabelino. Equivalent to en Isabella ine. Adjective - en history Of or related to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504). en architecture Of a style of Spanish Gothic architecture that flourished under Isabella I of Castile. en 2004 Simon Baskett The Rough Guide to Spain Rough Guides 9781843532613 1051 https://books.google.com/books?id=GeMY4BGzNiMC&pg=PA1051&dq=%22Isabelline%22+style&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Isabelline%22%20style&f=false A little later the focus shifted to Valladolid and became increasingly florid—the Isabelline style—reaching its most extreme in the facades of San Pablo and the Colegio San Gregorio. en 2005 Alejandro Lapunzina Architecture of Spain Greenwood Publishing Group 9780313319631 xlviii https://books.google.com/books?id=yDmR2i32cygC&pg=PR48&dq=%22Isabelline%22&hl=&cd=39&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Isabelline%22&f=false The salient characteristics of Isabelline architecture include the use of extravagant formal elements such as helicoidal columns and mixtilinear arches with complete disregard of their tectonic or constructive function in the building, and profuse display of high-relief ornamentation in stone, especially heraldic symbols. en eponyms