A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 394
CoRBEi, AT Kirkstall Abbey, 1150. which in Gothic architecture serve as starting places for vaidting-ribs. Sometimes these are 674 CORBEL simple cids de lampe; but sometimes they aredwarf vaultiug sliaits, with caps ami bases. — R. S. … Corbel at Polebeook, Northamptonshire,c. 1200. CORBEL (v.). To build outward, by pro-jet^tini; .^ui-ccssiv-e courses of maso:irj- beyondthose lielow. (Iciierally, to corbel out. CORBEL ARCH. A span of stoneworkconstnieted by regidarly advancing successivecourses, till the top ones nearly meet, when…
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