Corona
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corona: projecting upper member of a cornice.
cottage orné: a rustic cottage, often thatched, originating in the Picturesque movement of the 18th century.
cruciform: cross-shaped in plan.
Coronation / Queen of Heaven:
Holy Angels RC Church
St. Joseph RC Cathedral
Annunciation RC Church
St. Joseph RC Cathedral
Holy Angels RC Church
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Corona
A component of the cornice that has a vertical face and horizontal soffit.
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Corona - the part of a cornice that has a vertical face and horizontal soffit.
Coving - a concave surface forming the decorative molding of a ceiling at its edge so as to eliminate the usual interior angle between the wall and ceiling.
Iglesia de Coronado, San Jose
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Sacred Heart Church,,Kőszeg
Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest
Matthias Church, Budapest ...
coronary gardenA Coronary Garden is used to grow flowers which could be used for wreaths and garlands ('like a crown'). courtCourt derives from the Latin cohors meaning a company or retinue or persons (who gathered in an enclosed place).
Beginning about 1210 on the Coronation Portal of Nőtre Dame and continuing after 1225 on the west portals of Amiens Cathedral, the rippling surface treatment of the classicizing drapery was replaced by more solid volumes.
Originally these were projecting brackets under the corona of the Corinthian or Composite orders. In Canada, this term is used for the brackets supporting the soffit and fascia of Neo-Classical, Classic Revival, and Italianate buildings.
Interior view of Corona chapel
Interior view of main crossing
Interior view of nave
Interior view of the nave at the southwest corner
Interior view of the second transept
Interior view of trinity chapel crypt
Interior view of trinity chapel ...
The spurs were used in the coronation of the French King.
Sword and scabbard, originally made in the 9th -10th centuries, but altered in the 11th, 12th, and 19th centuries, Louvre.
modillions - Ornamental blocks or brackets used to support the corona in the Corinthian orders
molding (moulding) - A decorative band used to obscure the joints where two surfaces meet.
Mutule - The projecting square block above the triglyph and under the corona of a Doric cornice
Architecture Glossary
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Building element sometimes used in the same sense as a soffit, but more correctly applied to the soffit of the corona in a cornice.
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Same as a bed board or soffit ...
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