A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 88
C. Coping. F. parapet. Corbel (Lat CorUs — a basket), a term denotinga projecting stone or piece of timber which supportsa superincumbent weight. Corbels are used in a great … variety of situations, and are carved and moulded invarious ways according to the taste of the age in whichthey are executed; the form of a head was veryfrequently given to them in each of the styles, fromNorman to late Perpendicular, especially when used underthe ends of the weather-mouldings of…
