# Modillion

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{{Short description|Ornate supporting bracket in architecture}}
[[File:Morgan, Leith, and Cook Bldg-2.jpg|thumb|Modillions under the cornice of the Morgan, Leith, and Cook Building in the [East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District](/source/East_Portland_Grand_Avenue_Historic_District), Portland, Oregon]]

In [architecture](/source/architecture), a '''modillion''' is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a [corbel](/source/corbel). They are often seen underneath a [cornice](/source/Cornice_(architecture)) which helps to support them. Modillions are more elaborate than [dentil](/source/dentil)s (literally translated as small teeth).<ref>{{cite web|title=Illustrated Glossary of Classical Architecture|url=http://www.doric-column.com/glossary_classical_architecture.html|publisher=doric-column.com|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>  All three are selectively used as adjectival historic past participles (''corbelled'', ''modillioned'', ''dentillated'') as to what co-supports or simply adorns any high structure of a building, such as a terrace of a roof (a flat area of a roof), [parapet](/source/parapet), [pediment](/source/pediment)/[entablature](/source/entablature), [balcony](/source/balcony), cornice band or roof cornice. Modillions occur classically under a [Corinthian](/source/Corinthian_order) or a [Composite](/source/Composite_order) cornice but may support any type of [eaves](/source/eaves) cornice.<ref>{{Citation |editor-last= Bradley|editor-first= Simon | year = 2010| title = Pevsner's Architectural Glossary |publication-place = New Haven and London| publisher = [Yale University Press](/source/Yale_University_Press) |  page = 83| isbn = 978-0-300-16721-4 }}</ref> They may be carved or plain.

==See also==
* [Glossary of architecture](/source/Glossary_of_architecture)

==Gallery==
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Abbaye Ste Foy à Conques (25) - Frises et corbeaux du chevet.jpg|Modillions carved with animal heads in the Abbaye Ste Foy in [Conques](/source/Conques) ([France](/source/France)).
20130809 dublin036.JPG|Trinity College, in Dublin.
Disegno di Modiglione (mensola, chiave di volta) a doppia voluta, dal campanile di Monteforte d'Alpone (Verona ITALY), Neoclassicismo, by Paolo Villa for ctg Lessinia.svg|Modillion double spiral, Neoclassicism (from Classic Art), from keystone of Campanile of Monteforte d'Alpone (Verona ITALY)
20101111 liege241 forgeur.JPG|La rue Forgeur, [Liège](/source/Li%C3%A8ge), [Belgium](/source/Belgium).
Église de Dampierre-Modillon C02-20120428.jpg|Église de Dampierre, south side of the part of choir from the 13th century.
Hasselt - Woning Dokter Willemsstraat 24.jpg|A house in Hasselt, Belgium.
</gallery>

==References==
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