| 单词 | modillion cornice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmodillion cornice Any of a series of projecting brackets placed on the underside of the corona of the cornice in the Corinthian, Composite, and (less commonly) the Roman Ionic orders; also in extended use. Formerly also: †= mutule n. (obsolete). Frequently attributive, esp. in modillion cornice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > parts of Doric entablature edge1563 femur1563 gutta1563 metope1563 modillion1563 mutule1563 regula1563 subtenia1563 taenia1563 triglyph1563 demi-metope1703 semi-metope1703 diglyph1728 glyph1775 shank1823 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > cornice > corona > parts of or associated parts modillion1563 plancher1565 cartouse1611 soffita1652 planceer1660 model1663 mundilion?1677 plafond1723 cartouche1726 cartridge- 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Divv Mutili, whiche is also named Modiglions. 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. xxvi. 95 Being diuided into 6 parts, one giues denticuli; an other cymatium which supporteth the modilions. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 136 Modilions, being certain supports in the form of Corbells. 1665 J. Moxon tr. Barozzio Vignola (1702) 36 The Modillion..or Underprop to bear up the Cornice. 1685 C. Wren Acct. in Wren Soc. (1936) 13 198 For ye Model of ye great Modelion Cornish. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iii. ix. 180 The Entablature and all its Parts and Ornaments..Triglyphs, Metopes, Modiglions, and the rest. 1746 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 473/2 Cornishes, adorned with their montures and modillons. 1817 T. Rickman Attempt to discriminate Styles Eng. Archit. (1848) 30 This modillion cornice is, in fact..rather Italian than Roman. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 82/1 On the ends of the joists, an iron capping, forming a modillion. 1855 F. Reinnel Masons' Assist. 62 Manner of fixing Modillions, &c. on Soffits. 1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex (Buildings of Eng.) 29 Three storeys with a modillion cornice above the second. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xvi. 200 Amongst its standard ornaments are..the rows of shaped brackets or ‘modillions’ which help to support the overhanging ‘corona’. 1989 Apollo Feb. 92/3 Eyrecourt Castle..massive oak modillion cornice. < as lemmas |
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