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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.

  • Modillions carved with animal heads in the Abbaye Ste Foy in Conques (France).
    Modillions carved with animal heads in the Abbaye Ste Foy in Conques (France).
  • Trinity College, in Dublin.
    Trinity College, in Dublin.
  • La rue Forgeur, Liege, Belgium.
    La rue Forgeur, Liege, Belgium.
  • Église de Dampierre, south side of the part of choir from the 13th century.
    Église de Dampierre, south side of the part of choir from the 13th century.
  • A house in Hasselt, Belgium.
    A house in Hasselt, Belgium.

References

  1. ^ "Illustrated Glossary of Classical Architecture". doric-column.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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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