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ORNAMENTO [1 record]

Record 1 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

In Gothic architecture, leafy knobs on the edges of any sloping feature.

DEF

In Gothic architecture and derivatives, an upward-oriented ornament, often vegetal in form, regularly spaced along sloping or vertical edges of emphasized features such as spires, pinnacles, and gables.

DEF

A decorative feature carved in various leaf shapes and projecting at regular intervals from the angles of spires, pinnacles, canopies, gables, etc., in Gothic architecture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Décoration florale en forme de bouton plus ou moins recourbé.

CONT

Crochet. Désigne divers ornements en saillie, plus ou moins enroulés en volute sur des chapiteaux, des corniches, des pinacles, des gâbles; [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
DEF

Ornamento con forma de gancho en las aristas de una cubierta(Arquitectura gótica).

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