Corbels

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Internationalization

Deutsch: Kragstein oder Konsole · English: Corbels or brackets · Español: Ménsulas · Français : Corbeaux (ou s'il est sculpté modillons) · Italiano: Mensola ·


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".

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[edit] Corbels in Europe

Montealegre de Campos, Valladolid, Spain

Corbels supporting corner terrets at Newark Castle, Scotland

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

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

Romanesque corbels - church of Rioux, France

Gothic corbel in Auxerre, France

Gothic corbel in Auxerre, France

Corbel in Venice, Italy

Corbels supporting a balcony, Verony, Italy

Corbels supporting balcony in Colmar, France

Corbels supporting balcony in Angers, France

Corbels supporting an organ at Marmorkirken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Corbel supporting balcony in Katowice, Poland

Corbel supporting a pulpit at Wieskirche, Germany

[edit] Corbel tables

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

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

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

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