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- noun architecture The congeries of
mouldings which is under the projecting part of almost everycornice , of which, indeed, it is a part.
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The cornice consists of a broadly projecting _corona_ resting on a _bed-mould_ of one or two simple mouldings.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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The +Corinthian+ was made into an independent order by the designing of a special base of small _tori_ and _scotiæ_, and by sumptuously carved _modillions_ or brackets enriching the cornice and supporting the corona above a denticulated bed-mould (Fig. 44).
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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