Corbels

Internationalization

Deutsch: Kragstein oder Konsole

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English: Corbels or brackets

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Español: Ménsulas

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Français : Corbeaux (ou s'il est sculpté modillons)

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Italiano: Mensola

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English: In architecture a corbel (or console) is a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger".

Drawings

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Corbels in Europe

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  Montealegre de Campos, Valladolid, Spain

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  Ménsula con ángel músico. Claustro de la Iglesia Sta. María la Real Sasamón, Burgos, Spain

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  A Romaneque corbel at Saint Mary and Saint David in Kilpeck, Herefordshire, England

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  Romanesque corbels - church of Rioux, France

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  Gothic corbel in Auxerre, France

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  Gothic corbel in Auxerre, France

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  Corbel in Venice, Italy

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  Corbels supporting a balcony, Verony, Italy

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  Corbels supporting balcony in Colmar, France

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  Corbels supporting balcony in Angers, France

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  Corbels supporting an organ at Marmorkirken, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  Corbel supporting balcony in Katowice, Poland

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  Corbel supporting a pulpit at Wieskirche, Germany

Corbel tables

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  Romanesque corbel table around the apse at the Churches of Galicia, Spain

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  Romanesque corbel table around the apse at Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques, France

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  Romanesque corbel table at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan, France

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  Romanesque corbel table at the church of Rioux, Charente-Maritime, France