Pendant
Pendant
(Lat. pendens, hanging) is a term common in architecture to designate
(1) a hanging ornament which was much used in the Gothic style, particularly in late perpendicular work, on ceilings, roofs, etc. On stone vaulting they are frequently made very large, and are generally enriched with moldings and carvings. Good specimens are to be seen in Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster; the Divinity School, Oxford; St. Lawrence, Evesham, etc. In open timber roofs pendants are frequently placed under the ends of the hammer-beams, and in other parts where the construction will allow of them. About the period of the expiration of Gothic architecture, and for some time afterwards, pendants were often used on plaster ceilings, occasionally of considerable size, though usually small.
(2) This name was also formerly used for the spandrels very frequently found in Gothic roofs under the ends of the tie-beams, which are sustained at the bottom by corbels or other supports projecting from the walls. In this position it is usually called a Pendannt-post.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pendant
pendant (from French from Latin pendeo, to hang): Not in the King James Version. Twice in the Revised Version (British and American). (1) , netphoth (the King James Version collars), ornaments of the Midianites captured by Gideon (Jdg 8:26). (2) , netphoth (the King James Version chains), an article of feminine apparel (Isa 3:19). The reference seems to be (Cheyne, Isaiah Polychrome Bible (HDB, III, 739)) to ear-drops, pearl or gold ornaments resembling a drop of Water, fastened, probably, to the lobe of the ear.