Tooth cut

The title of this article is ambiguous. The tooth section in the Heraldry see tooth section (Heraldry) , for figuratively same crest section see Peaks section .

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna with imitation beams

The tooth cut or also tooth cut frieze is an abstract geometric frieze ; the term is used for two different types of shapes:

Beam head imitations

The term "tooth cut" was probably first applied in the discussion of ancient architecture and used for stone beam head imitations below eaves or in triangular gables . These first occurred in the Ionic order of Asia Minor . In the Corinthian order the tooth cut also occurs, but here with rounded beam heads, which are called "calf teeth". Such motifs can also be seen in the Achamean royal tombs of Naqsch-e Rostam (5th century BC).

Slanted stones

Tooth-cut friezes or “sawtooth friezes” made of sloping bricks often serve to visually structure storeys and were a popular motif in the late phase of Moorish art and the Mudéjar style based on it . They also appear in the tower buildings of the Lombard architectural style and are still in use today for clinker clinkers in Central and Northern Europe.

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  Tower of the San Pedro Apóstol Church in Alagón , Aragón

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  Tower of Vic Cathedral , Catalonia

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  Tower of the Church of Sant Miquel de Fluvià , Catalonia

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  Tower of the former cathedral of Uzes , Languedoc

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  Spiers of the Speyer Cathedral , Upper Rhine

See also

• Gutta
• Console frieze

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