A baluster (from the Greek, βαλαυστιον balaustion) is a moulded form in stone or wood that supports the top of a parapet or the railing of a staircase. The set of balusters is called balusters. The oldest examples are shown in the low reliefs of Assyrian palaces, where they were used as balustrades of windows, making them look like Ionic capitals. They do...
Roof crest is an architectural decorative element that crowns buildings above a cornice, a wall, a roof, and that consists of a motif repeated in series, generally stone carving, geometric, vegetal or zoomorphic, and used in Spain especially during the artistic periods of the Gothic and Renaissance.It is a purely aesthetic element that modifies the...