Compound pier
A pier composed of a group or cluster of members, especially characteristic of Gothic architecture.
Compound pier
A pier comprised of a number of decorative elements such as shafts grouped around a central core.
Corbel
A projecting bracket often carved with grotesque monster heads.
COMPOUND PIER A pier with several shafts attached or detached, or half-shafts against the faces of it. Compound piers have angular pieces separating the rolls, clustered piers do not.
Compound pier
A structural support in the form of a pier or large column that has several engaged shafts or pilasters that are attached to it on one or all sides. It is especially characteristic of Gothic architecture.
the compound pier and archivolt,
the alternate system, and
the ribbed and domed vault.
From the latter (i.e. from the Carolingian remains): ...
Nave elevation: nave arcade, gallery, and clerestory. Note the alternation in the compound piers with one composed of pilaster and half column and the other with simply a half column. This alternation connects to the sexpartite rib vault above.
A compound pier is composed of grouped shafts, or a solid core surrounded by shafts.Pietra dura(Italian, lit. hard stone): Ornamental or pictorial inlay by means of thin slabs of stone.Pilaster ...
A column used as a decorative element on the side or jamb of a window or door, or a decorative element in a compound pier.
Anger - France
Tours - France ...
Typically slender, the pier has a rectangular, polygonal, or round cross-section, but does not taper and often has no capital (fig.6). The pier may also have a base as well as an impost. A compound pier is a pier with two or more members or support ...
 See also: Architecture, Compound, Church, Capital, Gothic
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