56 examples of corbels in sentences

I cannot say which I admire morethat which one sees from the Loggia de' Lanzi, with its beautiful coping of corbels, at once so heavy and so light, with coloured escutcheons between them, or that in the Via de' Gondi, with its fine jumble of old brickwork among the stones.

He decked with foliage and fruit the bosses above and the corbels below.

He sent up out of those corbels upright shafts along the walls, in the likeness of the trees which sprang out of the rocks above his head.

On the floor above, massive cedar-wood corbels ending in monsters of almost Gothic inspiration support the fretted balconies; and above rise stucco interfacings, placed too high up to be injured by man, and guarded from the weather by projecting eaves.

If I were to thread the words, mosaics, pediments, spandrels, bas-reliefs, niches, enamels, corbels, all on a string in a sentence, the picture would still be incomplete.

An upper chamber for the priest existed as late as 1607; the floor corbels still remain.

The nave is Perpendicular, solid and plain; the roof quite modern, though the corbels that supported the old one, carved with representations of angels singing and playing, were not disturbed.

The corbels supporting the roof are carved with representations of Kings and Abbots.

The ornaments of this key-stone are of a very elegant character: its foliated tracery, as well as the richness of the bosses, corbels, and other embellishments throughout the interior, are extremely beautiful.

Corbels (Fig. 9), sets off (which would be somewhat similar to the plinth course slab No. 10), and other constructive features may also be applied in a similar way, or may be provided for during the casting of the slab.

Chimney pieces, which in the fourteenth century were merely stone smoke shafts supported by corbels, have been replaced by handsome carved oak erections, ornamenting the hall or room from floor to ceiling, and the English livery cupboard, with its foreign contemporary the buffet, is the forerunner of the sideboard of the future.

Note the corbels on either side of the chancel to support the Lenten veil, and some curious old seats.

corbels at the N.E. and S.E. angles of the nave, (2) the Norm.

Note also the roof corbels, the windows, and the founder's niche.

It has a church which was originally of Trans. character, but has been completely restored, the only remains of the early building being part of the chancel, two corbels in the nave, and a fine font bowl.

N. Petherton, Kingsbury, Langport, and Porlock); (4) piscinas in transepts; (5) grotesque corbels.

Note corbels and scale work on S. external wall, and in the interior the small Norm.

The tower arch is finely panelled with niches on the E. face, and there is a clerestory (note the angel corbels below the roof).

The latter contains (1) a pillar stoup in the porch; (2) a Norm, font; (3) some old oak benches; (4) fine granite altar slab, found buried for safety's sake; (5) two small corbels in the chancel, presumably for supporting a Lenten veil (cp. Orchardleigh); (6) piscinas in chancel and S. aisle.

Note (1) the carved ends of the choir stalls, with the arms of Lord Harington, killed at Wakefield 1460; (2) the grotesque corbels supporting the tower arch.

A few corbels of an earlier church and a piece of interlaced carving are preserved in the S. porch.

roof supported on large corbels.

building an E.E.N. transept was added, with a tower above (the groining supported on beautifully-carved corbels) which has two lancets on each face.

Note, in passing, the corbels with conventual figures.

The beauty of the interior is much enhanced by the insertion of "vaulting shafts" beneath the corbels of both nave and aisles.

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