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Spanish translation: Ornamentos


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English term or phrase:Roof bosses
Spanish translation:Ornamentos
Entered by: Marimar Novoa
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14:43 Oct 12, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Architecture
English term or phrase: Roof bosses
Hi,

I am translating part of a tourist brochure about the Norwich Cathedral where the following sentence comes up:

"Above you, in the nave vault, are the carved and painted ***roof bosses*** showing events from the Old..."

They are not gargoyles and I found a lot of images on google (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&biw=1440&bih=691&tbm=is... ) but I simply don't know the word in Spanish

Many thanks in anticipation,
Marimar
Marimar Novoa
Local time: 10:09
Ornamentos
Explanation:
roof bosses (or ceiling bosses) are often intricately carved with foliage, heraldic devices or other decorations. Many feature animals, birds, or human figures or faces, sometimes realistic, but often grotesque: the Green Man is a frequent subject.
Según tu contexto, pues para cada uno hay un termino casetón, artesón, fitaria etc.
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Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 03:09
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Gracias por tu ayuda. Como he dicho arriba, voy a usar finalmente "ornamentos de bóveda".

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roof bosses
Ornamentos


Explanation:
roof bosses (or ceiling bosses) are often intricately carved with foliage, heraldic devices or other decorations. Many feature animals, birds, or human figures or faces, sometimes realistic, but often grotesque: the Green Man is a frequent subject.
Según tu contexto, pues para cada uno hay un termino casetón, artesón, fitaria etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • Los ornamentos del techo incluyen artesonado con fitaria.

    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornamento
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Gracias por tu ayuda. Como he dicho arriba, voy a usar finalmente "ornamentos de bóveda".
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roof bosses
crucería decorativa


Explanation:
ww.dipualba.es/municipios/.../Cult_Alcaraz.html - Translate this page
El templo posee una hermosa capilla renacentista con tres magníficas bóvedas de crucería decorativa. La portada del templo es una obra de un gótico muy ...
Santuario de Ntra. Sra. de Cortes - Parroquia de la Santísima ...
www.santuariodecortes.org/...de.../historia.html - Translate this page
hace 3 días – En el lado del evangelio hay una hermosa capilla renacentista con tres preciosas bovedillas de crucería decorativa que recoge Alonso de ...
Arquitectura gótica - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquitectura_gótica - Translate this page
Jump to Bóveda de crucería‎: En el transcurso del gótico, la bóveda de crucería fue adquiriendo una mayor complejidad estructural y decorativa, desde la ...
Church of Alcaraz II, a photo from Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha ...
www.trekearth.com/...La.../photo1055972.htm - Translate this page
En el lado del evangelio hay una hermosa capilla renacentista con tres preciosas bovedillas de crucería decorativa que recoge Alonso de Vandelvira en su ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_(architecture)

Saludos
eski :))

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-10-12 16:00:17 GMT)
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n architecture, a boss is a knob or protrusion of stone or wood. Bosses can often be found in the ceilings of buildings, particularly at the intersection of a vault. In Gothic architecture, such roof bosses (or ceiling bosses) are often intricately carved with foliage, heraldic devices or other decorations. Many feature animals, birds, or human figures or faces, sometimes realistic, but often grotesque: the Green Man is a frequent subject.
Bosses were also an important feature of ancient and Classical construction. When stone components were rough-cut offsite at quarries, they were usually left with bosses (small knobs) protruding on at least one side. This allowed for easy transport of the pieces to the site; once there, the bosses also facilitated raising and/or inserting them into place. An excellent and still extant example of such bosses can be seen at the Greek Doric temple of Segesta, at which construction was never completed. The bosses of several key elements of the temple, notably the crepidoma, remain as a testament to the construction process.

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