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FowlA low relief sculpture that projects only slightly from its two dimensional background.

A hard dark stone, green or brown, used in Egyptian sculpture.

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei martiri In Roman architecture it was the public hall that was a gathering point to accommodate a large crowd of people for business and legal purposes.  It was usually in a rectangular plan ending in an apse with interior colonnades that divided the space.  It was the inspiration for the early Christian churches.

Sultangarhi Tomb - Delhi
Photo by Saad.Akhtar
A medieval tower projection or rampart that usually is in an irregular pentagonal plan and is faced with masonry.

A brick or masonry chimney with sides that are graduated so that its rectangular shape is wider at the bottom than the top.

Merlons and CrenelsA parapet built on top of a wall, with indentations (voids and solids) for decoration or defense. Was most commonly used as a fortification for fighting.  Also called crenellation.

A convex molding having the form of disks alternating with spherical or elongated beads.

A convex molding having the form of disks alternating with round or elongated beads. 

TICKENCOTE,RUTLANDAn ornamental motif resembling a bird’s head with a prominent beak. Most common in English Romanesque architectural decoration.

Bells to the immensity / Campanas a la inmensidad
Photo by . SantiMB . (inspiring)
The part of a steeple or the upper part of a structure or a room that is where historically a bell was hung.