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  2. Finial - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, it is a small decorative device, employed to emphasize the apex of a dome, spire, tower, roof, or gable or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. [3] A finial is typically carved in stone. Where there are several such elements they may be called pinnacles.

  3. Crocket - Wikipedia

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    Retrieved 2018-09-08. crocket, in architecture, a small, independent, sharply projecting medieval ornament, usually occurring in rows, and decorated with foliage. In the late 12th century, when it first appeared, the crocket had the form of a ball-like bud, with a spiral outline, similar to an uncurling fern frond; but in the later Gothic ...

  4. Acroterion - Wikipedia

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    Acroterion. An acroterion, acroterium, (pl. akroteria) [ 1] is an architectural ornament placed on a flat pedestal called the acroter or plinth, and mounted at the apex or corner of the pediment of a building in the classical style. [ 2] An acroterion placed at the outer angles of the pediment is an acroterion angularium ( angulārium means ...

  5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of architecture. This page is a glossary of architecture . A flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column. A sculptural embellishment of an arch. The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts.

  6. Gothic Revival architecture - Wikipedia

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    Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England. Increasingly serious and learned admirers sought to revive medieval Gothic ...

  7. Tree-topper - Wikipedia

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    Tree-topper. A tree-topper or treetopper is a decorative ornament placed on the top (or "crown") of a Christmas tree. Tree-toppers can take any form [citation needed], though the most common include a star (representing the Star of Bethlehem ), angel ("Christmas angel"), or fairy. Additional forms range from a paper rosette, ribbon bow, Father ...

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