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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 642 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MODILLION (a
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French word, probably from
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Lat. modulus, a measure of proportion)  , a
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term in
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architecture for the enriched
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block or
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horizontal
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bracket generally found under the
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cornice and above the bedmould of the Corinthian
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entablature . It is probably so called because of its arrangement in regulated distances .

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