pinnacles+and+finials

Pinnical: A **pinnacle** (from [|Latin]  //pinnaculum//, a little feather, pinna, compare  [|//panache//] ) is an [|architectural] ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a [|buttress] or small [|turret], but afterwards used on [|parapets] at the corners of [|towers] and in many other situations. The pinnacle looks like a small [|spire]. It was mainly used in [|Gothic architecture].

**Final:** in architecture, the decorative upper termination of a pinnacle, [|**gable end**], buttress, canopy, or spire. In the Romanesque and Gothic styles, it usually consists of a vertical, pointed central element surrounded by four outcurving leaves or scrolls.



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