Corbeille (head of capital ©)

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The most elaborate part of a chapiteau (capital), often exuberantly decorated.
The corbeille is placed between astragale (astragal) and tailloir (abacus).
The picture shows one of the corbeilles with astragale from the chœur (choir) of Cluny III.

Farinier - Cluny

Crochet (hook ornament ©)

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Ornament in the shape of a stylized curved flower stem with flower or flower bud.
The shape resembles a hook or crochet hook, hence the name.
This ornament is often used on chapiteaux (capitals).
In the photo a baie (wall opening) in the clocher (bell tower) of the Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais in Ozenay.

Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais - Ozenay

Damier (3D chessboard pattern ©)

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Geometrical pattern of alternating recessed and protruding squares, ordered in a chessboard pattern, often used on corniches (cornices) and tailloirs (abacuses).
The right hand side chapiteau (capital) of the portail (portal) of the Saint-Barthélémy in Farges-lès-Mâcon has a damier pattern.

Saint-Barthélémy - Farges-lès-Mâcon

Entrelacs (celtic knot ©)

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Decorative motif of intertwined threads or branches.
A well known example is the celtic knot.
This colonne (column) can be found in the Saint-Sébastien-et-Saint-Denis in Buffières.

Saint-Sébastien et Saint-Denis - Buffières

Epannelé (crude ©)

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The word is only used relating to stone carving, and it refers to an almost untreated piece of stone, in which nevertheless the final shape is recognizable.
This could be e.g. a chapiteau (capital), where the decorations have not (yet) been carved.
The crude capitals high in the nave are to be found in the Saint-Martin in Bragny-en-Charollais (Saint-Vincent-Bragny).

Bragny-en-Charollais (Saint-Vincent-Bragny) Saint-Martin

Feuillage (foliage motif ©)

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Decorative element consisting of one or more leaves.
This chapiteau (capital) can be found in the Saint-Marcel in Iguerande.

Saint-Marcel - Iguerande

Frise (frieze)

A horizontal continuous row of painted or sculptured parts.
This roman (Romanesque) frieze can be found above a tobacconist's shop window in the Rue de la République in Tournus.

2 Rue de la République - Tournus

Gisant (gisant)

A sculpture on a tomb, where the deceased is depicted in a horizontal position.
The picture shows the gisant of Sybille de Luzy in the Saint-Germain et Saint-Benoît in Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais.

Saint-Germain et Saint-Benoît - Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais

Méplat (méplat)

A piece of sculpture with hardly any relief.
These two chapiteaux (capitals) in the wall of the Saint-Barthélémy in Farges-lès-Mâcon are good examples.

Saint-Barthélémy - Farges-lès-Mâcon

Métope (metope)

Sculptured interval on a frise (frieze) or between two modilllons (corbels) under a corniche (cornice).
In the picture (Wikipedia) can be seen what métopes meant in classic antiquity.
The picture underneath is not taken at a roman (Romanesque) church, nor is it showing a cornice; the idea however may be clear.
The picture was taken at the Notre-Dame of Paris.

Métope - Wikipdia

Notre-Dame - Paris

Palmette (palmette)

Ornament in the shape of the stylized leaves of a palm tree.
The leaves are displayed in the shape of a fan, and held together at the stems.
The picture shows two chapiteaux (capitals) with palmettes, taken in the cloître (cloister) of the abbaye (abbey) of Fontenay.

L'abbaye de Fontenay

Perle (pearl motif)

Decorative, pearl shaped element.
In the picture pearl decorations above this chapiteau (capital) of the portail (portal) of the Saint-Julien in Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy.

Saint-Julien - Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy

Phylactère (speech scroll)

A scroll on a piece of sculpture or painting used by the artist to place some text.
In this picture of a ceiling painting in the cathédrale (cathedral) in Basel (Switzerland) two speech scrolls are visible.

Dom - Basel (CH)

Registre (register ©)

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A decorative band, either painted or sculptured.
The tympan (tympanum) of the Saint-Vincent in Mâcon has five registres.

Saint-Vincent - Mâcon

Rinceau (winding plants motif ©)

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An arabesque of floral and botanical motifs, like flower stems or branches with leaves, winding around each other.
The picture shows rinceaux on the piédroits (posts) of the portail (portal) of the abbaye (abbey) in Charlieu (42).

L'abbaye - Charlieu

Ronde-bosse (ronde-bosse)

This term is used to stress the contrast with 2D representations, such as the depictions on a tympan (tympanum); these can only be admired when one stands in front of them.
A work of art executed in ronde-bosse allows the spectator to walk around it and admire all facets of it.
The chapiteaux (capitals) from the chœur (choir) of Cluny III, displayed in the farinier of the abbaye (abbey) of Cluny are good examples of works in ronde-bosse.

Farinier - Cluny