On these rested painted wooden sun-filtering shutters attached to a concrete corbel, which is in turn connected to the ring-beam. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The building dates back to the 16th century, but the object - known as a corbel - is believed to be from the late-13th to mid-14th century. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval corbel found in York] Reference
Perpendicular corbel carved with delicate foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Below the parapet here is a characteristic corbel table. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Parapets were at the same time added above the Norman corbel tables. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
Fig. 323 a: Bonding patterns of pillar and of corbel (courtyard elevation). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
We don't know much yet but our research on the corbel is proving very interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval corbel found in York] Reference
The finely carved corbel on which it stands was discovered among rubbish in the recess below. From Wordnik.com. [The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains] Reference
Fig. 248: Corbelling of the elevation with RC corbel for attachment of sun-filtering shutter. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
While she was thinking about him, her eye lit on a new corbel being installed by the builders. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
The account in the text of the miracle on the seventh corbel is condensed from this description. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
The parapet has a corbel course similar to that on the two eastern bays of the presbytery aisle. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
The last pendentive of the vaulting rests on a single shaft springing directly from a head-corbel. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Above this is a corbel table of heads and mouldings which interferes with the upper window mouldings. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
If you wish to throw out any bold projection, you may support it on a long and sloping corbel of brickwork. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887] Reference
Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing on a corbel, in the right hand a knife, in the left hand a long cross. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less] Reference
Each cluster springs from a semicircular corbel resting on a head, and has its capitals enriched with foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The space between each corbel is bridged over by small single stones cut out to the shape of a semicircular arch. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
We peered in and saw a large corbel-vaulted chamber, its floor covered in fine, pale dirt -- a sealed royal tomb. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Death in a Maya War Zone] Reference
The topmost stone of this inner jamb is enlarged into a corbel to support the lintel, and is carved with a large face. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Note the arches: semi-circular (verandah), Dutch (doors and windows), and corbel (upper ventilation of the gable-end). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Frankly, I think we're just fine without the something-or-other (corbel -- that's what it is) but K thinks we need one. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
Two flying buttresses rise from the corners of the nave and transept aisles to the corbel table of the clerestory range. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Note also the small corbel openings in the axes of the gable end walls designed to ensure upper ventilation of the roof. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
There is also an unbroken corbel table above the windows, of very expressive, life-like heads, no two of which are alike. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
The top of the tunneling is in the form of the corbel arch, such as was used at the Mayan site of Palanque and elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Cholula: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico] Reference
The fine bosses in both transepts merit attention, and so do the corbel-heads to the intermediate vaulting shafts in this one. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
Wherever, for some constructive reason, a column is omitted against a wall, the capital becomes a corbel, carrying the arches. From Wordnik.com. [The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy] Reference
I also was astonished by how different the aesthetic system wasthe vertiginous staircases, the corbel arches, the huge reliefs, etc. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Charles C. Mann] Reference
The character of Northwold's triforium windows and the corbel table below the parapet may be still seen in two bays on the south side. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Not far from him, the Kielmark sat with his back to a corbel, methodically heating his dagger in the mage-fire left burning for light. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City, has revealed a complex labyrinth of rooms and passageways, many with 20-foot-high corbel arches. From Wordnik.com. [Maya Palace Uncovered] Reference
SimplyMaya - Sand Speeder (Repost) corbel | Date: 29 Mar 2010 11: 47: 12 | Comments. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome] Reference
Part of a corbel stone at the front which supported stonework above it had also fallen off. From Wordnik.com. [EDP24 News]
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