Hood mould

A is roofed is a projecting member via a wall opening of a door or a window in the form of a cornice or a gable. One is roofed can be either roof-like - protective and ornamental - decorating, in the sense of a crown.

The technical term from architecture and art history is often found in combinations such as Portalverdachung, Türverdachung or Fensterverdachung.

Verdachungen as pediment can pick up on all the forms that are also used in building gables ( for example, triangular pediment, segmental pediment gable Busted, volute ). During the Renaissance and Baroque window roofing became an important motif of the facade design and always took to richer forms.

References and footnotes

• Façade