Cusps
The projecting points formed where foils meet in Gothic tracery
Latin: "cusis = a point ...
In sub-cusping the sides of the cusps have smaller cusps, usually on a recessed plane.CutwaterA curved- or angle-ended stage at the bottom of a bridge pier.Cyclopean masonryLarge irregular polygonal stones, smooth and finely jointed.
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect decoration using cusps
cuspidation
a form of ornamentation composed of cusps or curves meeting in pairs at a tangent to the area being decorated. — cuspidate, cuspidal, adj.
A projecting point formed where two curves meet. Cusps are found a great deal in Gothic architecture, owing to the love of ornamentation. They add extra decoration to window tracery, furniture and sculptural carvings.
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Decorated Gothic ...
cinquefoil: with five foils or cusps.
clerestorey: the upper part of the side walls of a building, especially a church, rising above the aisle roofs and pierced by windows.
FOIL In Gothic window tracery, the small arc openings separated by cusps. The number of foils is described as trefoil (3), quatrefoil (4), and cinquefoil (5).
FRENCH WINDOW A window that opens to the floor in two hinged parts.
Foliated
- carved with leaf ornamentation. eg foliated tympanum or pediment, foliated cusps.
Can also refer to the beating of metal into thin sheets ie copper, or the separation of mineralogical material into different layers.
Feathering - the junction of the foliated cusps in window tracery, but is usually restricted to those cases where it is ornamented. Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Cusp". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press.
 See also: Architecture, Gothic, Ornament, Tracery, Tower
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