Isabelline

See also: isabelline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish isabelino. Equivalent to Isabella +‎ -ine.

Adjective

Isabelline (not comparable)

1. (history) Of or related to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504).
2. (architecture) Of a style of Spanish Gothic architecture that flourished under Isabella I of Castile.
   • 2004, Simon Baskett, The Rough Guide to Spain, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 1051:

     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.

   • 2005, Alejandro Lapunzina, Architecture of Spain, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page xlviii:

     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.