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MODILLON [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A horizontal bracket or console, usually in the form of a scroll with acanthus, supporting the corona under a cornice.

OBS

If in the form of a plain block, it is a block modillion or incut modillion. Found in Corinthian, Composite, and, less frequently, Roman Ionic orders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Chacune des petites consoles aplaties disposées à intervalle régulier sous le larmier d’une corniche; contrairement au corbeau, le modillon a une fonction plus décorative que porteuse.

OBS

Selon leur forme, on distingue les modillons doriques (ou mutules), les modillons à volutes, les modillons carrés, les modillons à copeaux. L’espace compris entre deux modillons est appelé «entre-deux, métatome ou métoche». [...] Les «denticules» sont des petits modillons de forme cubique, rapprochés les uns des autres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
DEF

Ménsula de adorno situada debajo de una cornisa.

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Record 2 1997-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

The projecting square block above the triglyph and under the corona of a Doric cornice.

DEF

A sloping flat block on the soffit of the Doric cornice, usually decorated with rows of six guttae each; occurs over each triglyph and each metope of the frieze.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Dans l'ordre [dorique], large modillon rectangulaire et plat(ou orné de gouttes) situé sous l'entablement de la corniche, au droit de chaque triglyphe.

OBS

De toutes les sources consultées, seul PERAR donne le terme au masculin.

Spanish

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