BEAKHEAD: a masonry repeating ornament, characteristic of the Norman style, looking like a stylized bird's head and beak or, occasionally, beast's head and tongue. BELL-COTE: a bell turret set above a roof.
A type of classical ornament resembling a string of convex- and concave-ended beads.Beakhead
Norman enrichment with a row of beaked bird or beast heads usually biting into a roll moulding.Beaux-Arts
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Moldings carved with the beakhead, zigzag, or chevron, or alternating lozenge
Exterior: crenelation
Exterior: towers
Exterior: square crossing tower
Interior: plain archways and capitals (cushion capital) devoid of ornament
Interior: arcades ...
 See also: Ornament, Tower, Architecture, Norma, Norman
  
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