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...

which has very wide eaves with decorative brackets technically called modillons, for which there is not necessarily a real functional need; likewise the...

pair) of a door of the Erechtheum (Athens, Greece) Roman corbels of a modillon cornice from the Temple of Concord (Rome), in the Tabularium (Rome) Indian...

cornice is typically decorated by dentils (little teeth) or the larger modillons. The soffit, or horizontal space under a projecting cornice, may be elaborately...

stone added for the corner quoins, the rosettes, the arcades and the modillons. The sanctuary, a square room, has three walls that are pierced an eight-sided...

the martyr-companions of Saint Maurice Baroque sculpture and earlier modillons behind her in the choir detail of the Baroque ciborium or canopy of the...