The maid Flamby, so called because men had likened the glory of her hair to a waving flambeau, he caused to reside in a tiny cottage beneath the very shadow of Sir Jacques' frowning fortress; and the men-at-arms looking down from battlement and Bartizan marvelled when the morning wove a halo around the head of the witch's daughter.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
The basement of the oriel, which projects from the flat wall of the house, after the fashion of a Bartizan, is divided into compartments, studded with medallions, and intermixed with tracery of great variety and beauty.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
According to an old print, it terminated with a large battlement, and Bartizan towers at the angles.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner