mutule Arch.
(ˈmjuːtjuːl)
Also 6 mutilo, pl. mutuli, 7–8 mutil.
[a. F. mutule (It. mutulo), ad. L. mūtulus modillion.]
The modillion proper to the cornice in the Doric order; a projection upon the soffit of the Doric corona.
| 1563 Shute Archit. B iij, [If he] should make ymages..for pillers and make ouer their heade Mutilos, and Coronas. Ibid. D iv b, Vitruuius..doth describe the beginning of Mutuli to be necessarie. 1664 Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. i. xiii. 36 The Gotique Order..has compos'd certain lame figur'd Mutils or Corbells in stead of Cartouzes. Ibid., Acc. Archit. 137 Mutules..have their name from their defect, as being made thinner and more abated below than above. 1703 tr. Perrault's Abridgm. Vitruvius 37 The Corinthian Modillions are imitated by the Mutils of the Dorick Order. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The mutules in the Doric answer to the triglyphs, which are under them. 1843 Wathen Arts, Antiq. & Chronol. Egypt 181 Above the architrave of the porch is a cornice ornamented with long mutules or brackets. 1862 Mrs. Speid Last Years Ind. 187 The stone triglyphs and mutules of the Doric order. |