rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae. It is supposed to represent the piece of timber through which the wooden pegs were driven in order to hold the rafter in position, and it follows the sloping rake of the roof. In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, with sometimes ...
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• (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.
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A rectangular block that hangs from the soffit of the cornice in the Doric order. Mutules appear over the triglyphs.
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Block under the soffit of a cornice
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Mu'tule noun [ French, from Latin
mutulus .]
(Architecture) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See
Illust. of
Gutta .
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In architecture a mutule is a projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric cornice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. It is often made to slope downward towards the most prominent part, and has usually a number of small guttae, or drops, worked on the underside.
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a projecting flat block under the corona of the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.
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