See also:

• CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

CORBEL (See also:

• LAT

Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of See also:

• CORVUS, MARCUS VALERIUS (c. 370–270 B.C.)

corvus, a See also:

• RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

raven, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak-like See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)  , the name in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture for a piece of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone jutting out of a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall to carry any super-See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

incumbent See also:

• WEIGHT

weight . A piece of See also:

• TIMBER

timber projecting in the same way was called a tassel or a bragger . Thus the carved ornaments from which the vaulting shafts See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln are corbels . See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman corbels are generally See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period they are sometimes elaborately carved, as at Lincoln above cited, and sometimes more simply so, as at Stone . They some-times end with a point apparently growing into the wall, or forming a See also:

• KNOT
• KNOT (O.E. cnotta, from a Teutonic stem knutt; cf. " knit," and Ger. knoten)

knot, as at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, and often are supported by angels and other figures . In the later periods the foliage or ornaments resemble those in the capitals . The corbels carrying the See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches of the See also:

• CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

corbel tables in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France were often elaborately moulded, and sometimes in two or three courses 7rojecting over one another; those carrying the machicolations of English and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French castles had four courses . The corbels carrying balconies in Italy and France were sometimes of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SIZE

size and richly carved, and some of the finest examples of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian Cinquecento See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style are found in them . Throughout See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, in See also:

• HALF

half-timber See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood corbels abound, carrying window-sills or oriels in wood, which also are often carved . A " corbel table " is a projecting moulded See also:

• STRING

string course supported by a range of corbels . Sometimes these corbels carry a small See also:

• ARCADE

arcade under the string course, the arches of which are pointed and trefoiled .

As a See also:

• RULE

rule the corbel table carries the See also:

• GUTTER (O. Fr. goutiere, mod. gouttiere, from Lat. gutta, drop)

gutter, but in Lombard work the arcaded corbel table was utilized as a decoration to subdivide thestoreys and break up the wall See also:

• SURFACE

surface . In Italy sometimes over the ceabels will be a moulding, and above a plain piece of projecting wall forming a See also:

• PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

parapet (see also See also:

• MASONRY

MASONRY) .