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Wimperg

Early Gothic wimperg with pinnacles above the west portal of the Bad Hersfeld town church (around 1330)
Oriel window with wimperg and pinnacles on the Imperial Hall of the Old Town Hall in Regensburg

In Gothic architecture, a wimperg is a gable-like crowning over portals and windows[1] and is also called an ornamental gable. Outside of immediate architecture, the wimperg is also found as a motif in Gothic carving.[2]

  1. ^ Baumgart, Fritz (1977). DuMont's kleines Sachlexikon der Architektur (in German). Köln.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Toman, Rolf, ed. (1998). Die Kunst der Gotik (in German). Köln. p. 506.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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