Fleuron (architecture)

A fleuron is a flower-shaped ornament, and in architecture may have a number of meanings: 1. * It is a collective noun for the ornamental termination at the ridge of a roof, such as a crop, finial or épi. 2. * It is also a form of stylised Late Gothic decoration in the form of a four-leafed square, often seen on crockets and cavetto mouldings. 3. * It can be the ornament in the middle of each concave face of a Corinthian abacus. 4. * Finally, it can be a form of anthemion, the decorative Greek floral decoration.

Fleuron (architecture)

A fleuron is a flower-shaped ornament, and in architecture may have a number of meanings: 1. * It is a collective noun for the ornamental termination at the ridge of a roof, such as a crop, finial or épi. 2. * It is also a form of stylised Late Gothic decoration in the form of a four-leafed square, often seen on crockets and cavetto mouldings. 3. * It can be the ornament in the middle of each concave face of a Corinthian abacus. 4. * Finally, it can be a form of anthemion, the decorative Greek floral decoration.