A vellar cupola is a small domed structure or
cupola on a larger roof or
dome, squared off so that it rests on four corners, as if it was an inflated sail. The squared sections are usually glazed. The corners are
pendentive forms.[1]
References
^Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2016). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 804.
ISBN978-0-19-967499-2.