Mutule

Mutule
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A flat block projecting under a Doric cornice, usually decorated on the underside with rows of six drops (guttae) each; occurs over each triglyph and metope of the frieze ...

mutule [ˈmjuːtjuːl]
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect one of a set of flat blocks below the corona of a Doric cornice Compare modillion ...

mutule
Rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae.

Mutule - The projecting square block above the triglyph and under the corona of a Doric cornice
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mutule: flat slab-like or peg-like member, carved on a Doric frieze, just beneath the cornice, one above each metope and each triglyph.
narthex: large porch or vestibule at the western end of a church.

Mutule
A rectangular block that hangs from the soffit of the cornice in the Doric order. Mutules appear over the triglyphs.
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Mutule - Block under the soffit of a cornice
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Newel - Post supporting one end of a handrail at top or bottom of stairs ...

In the Doric order, the sloped underside of the horizontal geison is decorated with a series of protruding, rectangular mutules aligned with the triglyphs and metopes of the Doric frieze below.

The entablature has a plain architrave, a frieze composd of metopes and triglyphs, and a cornice with projecting blocks (mutules).

The vertical part in the framing of a door, screen or (especially) panelling.Murder holeSmall rectangular trap in the ceiling of an entrance passage in a castle or tower house.Mutules ...

These type of beams were referred as to a mutules. The finishing touches for the roof had to have a flat gables called pediments. The gutter ran along the top of the pediments and ended at a lion's mouth. This acted like a drain.

See also: Architecture, Doric, Triglyph, Corinthian, Cornice