An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1862)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · Oxford ; London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 151
f blocks is often placed under it, sometimes plain, sometimescarved in grotesque heads, and in some instances the grotesqueheads support small arches, when it is called a corbel-table.A plain string is also sometimes used as a cornice. [The distinction which is here drawn between the corniceand the… … Corbel-table, Iffley, Osfordsliire, c. 1160. [As the carving was commonly executed after the stones wereplaced in position, it is sometimes of much later date than theconstruction of the masonry, and frequently in corbel-tables thesquare blocks have been left and not carved at all: good exam-ples…
