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    The stone corbel arch bridge is still used by the local populace. The well-preserved Hellenistic Eleutherna Bridge has a triangular corbel arch. The 4th...
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    opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement through which defenders could target attackers who had reached the base of the defensive wall. A smaller...
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    evolution of human gargoyles and grotesques would be the corbel head. Extremely realistic, corbel heads were the most impressive works by stone carvers as...
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  • to 1787). The Château de Jean comprises: a central rectangular residence confined by four corbelled towers equipped at the base with defensive murder-holes...
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    portal The tympanum of the portal Prudentia ("Prudence") Historiated corbel The base of the façade is adorned with a gallery of arcades. These arcades are...
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    of a vault with initials of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici Sculpted corbel in the chapel The nave and choir of the interior form a single vessel with...
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    base is 4 cubits (2.1 m; 6.9 ft) wide, but after two courses – at a height of 2.29 metres (7.5 ft) – the blocks of stone in the walls are corbelled inwards...
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    "Richard Corbel" of Trinity 1272 Extentes – 1 reference to "Raoul Corbel" 1331 Extentes – 1 reference to "Richard Corbel", and 2 each to "Jean Corbey"...
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    bronze corbel of a clock by Jean Joseph de Saint-Germain and J. Boullé (c. 1745 – c. 1749) The door of the Hôtel de Marsilly, with two corbels and a cartouche...
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    a mansard-like roof. The A-shaped corbel arch is an architectural motif observed throughout the complex. The Corbel arches require a large amount of masonry...
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    treatment of the top, reinforced to provide an artillery platform. The corbels supporting the walkway were replaced with inverted pyramids, much more...
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    partly cut out of the rock and partly built. Its defensive walls rise on a corbelling of the cliff. The rooms, corridors and stairways are cut from the rock...
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    to use corbelling, progressively projecting horizontal layers from the top of the supporting wall to the base of the dome, such as the corbelled triangles...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də mɔʁjɛn] ; Arpitan: Sent-Jian-de-Môrièna or Sant-Jian-de-Môrièna; Italian: San Giovanni di Moriana)...
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  • was also a new narrator, as Jean-Claude Dreyfus could not participate in the tour. For this tour, the narrator was Jean-Louis Jossic, who also played...
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    18), Bucharest, by Ernest Doneaus, c.1910 Thai inspiration – Monumental corbels of a Société financière française et coloniale headquarter (Rue des Mathurins...
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    Svalbard, Norway  China 2003 25 2 AWIPEV Arctic Research Station (Rabot/Jean Corbel Stations) Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  France  Germany 2003/1963 40/<8...
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    Table tennis hall – Rue du Mesnilcroc Complex of the Vaucelle: Jean-Berthelem Stadium – base of canoeing Louis-Villemer Stadium [fr] – Ronchettes: football...
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    the room, near the upper part of the vault, are four Romanesque stone corbels. The basin at the center of the room can hold at least 500 liters of purified...
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    conspicuous in the work as a whole, and in every part; in the cornices, corbels, the niches for statues, the commodious staircase, and its fanciful division...
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  • Little Girl Andrew W. Walker as Sgt. Corbel Stewart Myiow as Navajo Indian Raynald Lapierre as Patient #1 Jean Nicolai as Geologist #1 Lori Graham as...
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    columns (engaged and unengaged, sometimes replaced by caryathids), volute corbels, triglyphs with guttae (in relief and trompe-l'œil). Panel with a grotesque...
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    of the head and forelimbs of four lifesize elephants truncated into the base of a tall column in the shape of the savoyan (savoyarde) cross, topped by...
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    arranged in an overlapping configuration, a technique referred to as "corbelling." In Abydos, within the palace of Ozymandias, whose reign dates back approximately...
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    each corner. The 24th-story windows are topped by a horizontal row of corbels. Above the southwest corner of the 24th story is a chimney with rhombus...
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    per side and 3.25 m high). These pillars, resting on the corner corbels at the base of the capstone, are embedded in the corners of the rhomboidal pyramid...
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    requiring exceptional reinforcement to avoid breaking points, with the clay corbel and counter-wall exceeding one meter in thickness. The bottom was covered...
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    25 cm) and 12 feet (3.7 m) long, along with other areas where the stone corbelling was not trusted as timber had been used. The castle was restored to approximately...
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    nerfs – Parlez-moi d'amour par Mari-Mai Corbel, revue Coulisses, n°30, mai 2004 /(ISBN 978-2-84867-064-5) Jean Lambert-wild par Chantal Boiron, Revue UBU...
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    supported by ornate stucco corbels. Dar Lazreq, which likely dates to the 15th or 16th century, features the same kind of sebka-based stucco decoration in the...
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