kokoshniks (gables)
Identification code: 300266649
Hierarchy classification:
- top of the aat hierarchies
- Objects Facet
- Components (hierarchy name)
- components (objects parts)
- [components by specific context]
- architectural elements
- [structural elements and components for structural elements]
- structural elements
- enclosing structural elements
- [walls and wall components]
- wall components
- [wall components by form or function]
- [gables and gable components]
- gables (architectural elements)
Related term/s
Alternative term/s
- kokoshnik
- kokoshnik gables
- kokošnik
Anotations
Scope note:
Pointed arches located at the culmination of a wall in Russian church architecture. They differ from "zakomaras" in having a a purely decorative rather than a structural purpose.
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