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Modillion vs Corbel - What's the difference?

modillion | corbel |

In architecture terms the difference between modillion and corbel

is that modillion is a decoratively carved supporting block atop a column while corbel is a structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

As a verb corbel is

to furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

modillion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A decoratively carved supporting block atop a column.
  • *1922: The familiar classic console or modillion is an example: although in general contour it is well adapted to its function as a supporting bracket, embedded in, and projecting from a wall, yet the scroll-like ornament with which its sides are embellished gives it the appearance of not entering the wall at all, but of being stuck against it in some miraculous manner. — Claude Fayette Bragdon in The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture'', Essay II, ''Unity and Polarity

    • corbel

    English

    (wikipedia corbel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

    • Related terms

    * corbelling * corbie step * corbel arch

    Verb

  • To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

    • Derived terms

    * corbel out ----