Fleuron (architectural)

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A fleuron in architecture may have a number of meanings. It is a collective noun for the ornamental termination at the ridge of a roof such as a crop, finial or épi. It is also a form of stylised late gothic decoration in the form of a four-leafed square, often seen on crockets and cavetto mouldings. It can be the ornament in the middle of each concave face of a Corinthian abacus. Finally it can be a form of Anthemion, the decorative Greek floral decoration.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Curl, James Stevens (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 880 pages. ISBN 0-19-860678-8. 
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