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Mutule
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. mutulus, a stay or bracket), in architecture the 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 rake of the roof. In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, with sometimes a crowning fillet, so that it virtually fulfilled the purpose of the modillion in the Corinthian cornice.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mutule'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mutule.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mutule'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mutule.html. 1910.
