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French term or phrase:	antéglise
English translation:	antechurch
Entered by:	mediamatrix

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12:12am Jan 20, 2008

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Architecture / History Book About Charlemagne

French term or phrase: antéglise

Contexte:

"Par ces escaliers en colimaçon on accédait aussi à un solium extractum, espèce **d'antéglise** sur laquelle montaient les évêques et l'empereur pour être acclamé par le peuple."

It's a description of a cathedral.

Merci Beaucoup!

femme

femme

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Cervin: 9:46am Jan 20, 2008: There's a picture here: http://www.peat.me.uk/photos/album/cluny-abbey-and-town/phot...
and this might help: http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?...
ANTECHURCH
UF Forechurch
SN An addition to the west end of a church which is similar to a porch or narthex but usually consists of a nave and aisles.
CL BUILDING COMPONENT

NT NARTHEX (MEDIEVAL)

antechurch

Explanation:
Compare the English and French texts here:
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/974.p...

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Abbot Heito III (888-913) replaced the antechurch with a square choir and a broad western transept flanked by two towers.

L’abbé Heito III (888-913) remplace l’antéglise par un chœur carré et un large transept occidental flanqué de deux tours.

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mediamatrix
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antechurch

mediamatrix

Westwerk

Christopher Crockett

5 -2

anti-church

Chris Hall

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peer agreement (net): +7

antechurch

Explanation:
Compare the English and French texts here:
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/974.p...

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-01-20 00:21:07 GMT)
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Abbot Heito III (888-913) replaced the antechurch with a square choir and a broad western transept flanked by two towers.

L’abbé Heito III (888-913) remplace l’antéglise par un chœur carré et un large transept occidental flanqué de deux tours.

mediamatrix
Chile
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PRO pts in category: 12

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peer agreement (net): -2

anti-church

Explanation:
I know for a fact that antéchrist is Antichrist, so surely it makes that antéglise means anti (anté) church (église)... Sometimes it helps to break the words up.

Chris Hall
United Kingdom
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English

2 days19 hrs confidence:

Westwerk

Explanation:
I don't like "antechurch" because the OED doesn't.

The only thing it has for "antechurch" is "see antechapel," where we find

ANTE- + CHAPEL.

‘A term used in the Universities for the outer part at the west end of a chapel.’ Parker Gloss. Arch. 1875.

Which is *clearly* not what we have here.

Lacking any sort of visual aid, I'd say that there's a possibility that we're dealing with a "Westwerk," an architectural feature which I explained in another one of your open questions.

The "solium extractum...sur laquelle montaient les évêques et l'empereur pour être acclamé par le peuple" might confirm this notion, since Westwerks were, apparently, originally designed for this purpose (or so it is thought).

Christopher Crockett
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PRO pts in category: 43

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French: antéglise

English translation: antechurch