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period. The large window reveals and pilasters are of purpose-moulded special
shaped bricks, but the areas of 'maaswerk' are beautifully shaped cut-mouldings
laid with thinner joints than for the general facework; they were intended to
be seen and not disguised behind a coat of plaster. The same is true of Tribune
Hereman van Outvelde (1516) which is a fine brick-built square-bayed window,
constructed for the owner of that name (Fig. 5). He was a master silversmith who
intended to impress customers and display the wealth created from the practice
of his craft.
Figure 5
Tribune Hereman van
Outvelde, Brugge,
Belgium (1516).
The bay has many fine elements of brickwork laid as tracery and other
forms of post-fired cut enrichments in a delightful orange-red brick set with
fine joints of 2-4 mm. This has to be considered an example of early gauged
work. There are specially cut-moulded bricks as terminal features for highly
decorated cut and rubbed quoins containing flues, because in this room
Outvelde smelted the ores and the flues were necessary to vent the resultant
noxious fumes. The skills displayed on 'The House of the Elephant' (1564)
are also a wonderful example of Flemish craftsmanship. The brick tracery and
