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modillion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bracket, wall bracket |
Examples of modillion
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The arch stands proud of the rubble supporting walls, and is decorated with a modillion cornice.
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A cornice runs above the top floor, but is not continuous and changes in style from flat to modillion.
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In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, with sometimes a crowning fillet, so that it virtually fulfilled the purpose of the modillion in the Corinthian cornice.
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- (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice
- This page is a glossary of architecture.
- A decoratively carved supporting block atop a column
- (modillions) Ornamental blocks or brackets used to support the corona in the Corinthian orders
- A projecting scroll-shaped bracket or simple horizontal block arranged in series under the soffit of a cornice.
- Decorated blocks or brackets placed below a cornice.
- Bracket under the cornice in a Classical entablature.
- Enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice and above the bedmold of the Corinthian entablature. It is probably so called because of its arrangement in regulated distances.
- A small bracket used in rows under the corona of a cornice and extending from the bed mold. It frequently takes the shape of an ornamental double volute.
