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Mouchette
(MOO shett )

A daggerlike motif found especially in 14th cent. Gothic tracery, formed by elliptical and ogee curves so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.

Mouchette wheel: Two or  more interlocking curved mouchettes within a circle

Foils

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Examples:

• Illustration above:  2 mouchette wheels  Old Post Office
  
  
• St. Joseph University Church   Mouchette wheel
  
  
• Cathedral Cloister, Segovia, Spain

• Chapel of the Maccabeans, Cathédral St. Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland

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