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What (who) is modillion - definition

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT

Modillon; Modillions

Modillion

·noun The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders;

- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.

modillion

[m?'d?lj?n]

¦ noun Architecture a projecting bracket under the corona of a cornice in the Corinthian and other orders.

Origin

C16: from Fr. modillon, from Ital. modiglione, based on L. mutulus 'mutule'.

Modillion

A modillion is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel. They are often seen underneath a cornice which it helps to support.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modillion

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Modillion

A modillion is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel. They are often seen underneath a cornice which it helps to support. Modillions are more elaborate than dentils (literally translated as small teeth). All three are selectively used as adjectival historic past participles (corbelled, modillioned, dentillated) as to what co-supports or simply adorns any high structure of a building, such as a terrace of a roof (flat area of a roof), parapet, pediment/entablature, balcony, cornice band or roof cornice. Modillions occur classically under a Corinthian or a Composite cornice, but may support any type of eaves cornice. They may be carved or plain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modillion