Modillion
Modillions under the cornice of the Morgan, Leith, and Cook Building in the East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District, East Portland, Connecticut
A modillion is an ornate bracket, a corbel, underneath a cornice and supporting it, more elaborate than dentils (literally translated as small teeth).[1] All of these words are commonly used as verbs in a historic tense to describe neatly any particular structure, such as a parapet or eaves. They occur classically under a Corinthian or a Composite cornice, but may support any type of eaves cornice.[2] Modillions may be carved or plain.
Gallery
Modillions carved with animal heads in the Abbaye Ste Foy in Conques (France).
Trinity College, in Dublin.
La rue Forgeur, Liege, Belgium.
Église de Dampierre, south side of the part of choir from the 13th century.
A house in Hasselt, Belgium.
References
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^ Bradley, Simon, ed. (2010), Pevsner's Architectural Glossary, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 83, ISBN 978-0-300-16721-4
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