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tour de croisée

English translation: crossing tower

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French term or phrase:tour de croisée
English translation:crossing tower
Entered by: Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.

11:31 Jan 9, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / Architecture
French term or phrase: tour de croisée
I think this might be referring to the transept crossing, in which case I would translate it as the tower of the crossing, but I'm still unsure - here's the context:
Le chevet et la tour de croisée octogonale en constitue les parties les plus anciennes.
Sarah Downing
Local time: 07:36
crossing tower
Explanation:
The tower which sometimes occurs above the space at the intersection of the nave, chancel, and transept of a church.

See link below for glossary of medieval architecture (with pics).
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Marcus Malabad
Canada
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Thank you to everyone - I'm awarding points to Markus thanks to the brilliant link provided as a definition.
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4the crossing tower
DPolice
4crossing tower
4crossing tower
Marcus Malabad
4sorry to disagree but all the examples I've seen have
Parrot


  

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the crossing tower


Explanation:
The bell-tower built above the crossing.
"crossing" is clear enough in this context without "of the transept". In a church, the crossing can only be the crossing of the transept.


    Reference: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/police.daniel/Riboul/SaintPierreAsse...
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crossing tower


Explanation:
The tower which sometimes occurs above the space at the intersection of the nave, chancel, and transept of a church.

See link below for glossary of medieval architecture (with pics).



    Reference: http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/crosstower.htm
    Reference: http://vrc.ucr.edu/tutorials/gothic/laon/fi/0000000c.htm

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
crossing tower


Explanation:
The tower which sometimes occurs above the space at the intersection of the nave, chancel, and transept of a church.

See link below for glossary of medieval architecture (with pics).



    Reference: http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/crosstower.htm
    Reference: http://vrc.ucr.edu/tutorials/gothic/laon/fi/0000000c.htm
Marcus Malabad
Canada
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sorry to disagree but all the examples I've seen have


Explanation:
had transepts!


    web search - try it.
Parrot
Spain
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