Steve Doerr <steve.doerr@...> writes: > On 03/02/2011 20:22, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > Can you please help me to find the right word for stuff that is added > > later on top? (in German that would be something like "Bekrönung" or > > "Spitze"): e.g. > > Tricky. Looking through the translations of Spitze at leo.de, either > apex or pinnacle might do. > The pyramid-formed top part of the obelisk is called pyramidion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramidion
(The very tip of any pryramid shape is called the apex of the pyramid) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apex_%28geometry%29 But i think you want to know what to call the additions made to the obelisk: statues, balls, spikes, crosses and that sort of things. An ornamental finishing on the top could be called a crest, but I´m not sure if it used in architecture. For some uses they are called finial, but that might be too obscure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finial an easy solution would be to use "top_piece" /Johan Jönsson _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
