Corbels
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Deutsch: Kragstein oder Konsole
· English: Corbels or brackets
· Español: Ménsulas
· Français : Corbeaux (ou s'il est sculpté modillons)
· Italiano: Mensola
· Nederlands: Kraagstenen
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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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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
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Corbels supporting roof in Niemcza, Poland
Corbel tables
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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