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archivolti incrociati

English translation: crossed archivolt moldings


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21:48 Oct 26, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / tourist guide
Italian term or phrase: archivolti incrociati
"...una vasca battesimale con decorazione ad altorilievo ad archivolti incrociati..."
Fiona Peterson
Local time: 12:58
English translation:crossed archivolt moldings
Explanation:
the archivolt is a band of moldings round the lower curve of an arch

archivolto - fascia decorativa che si svolge frontalmente lungo la curva di un arco ¶ Etimo incerto; forse comp. di arco e volto ‘copertura a volta’.
(c) Petrini S.r.l. Garzanti Linguistica, 2004

incrociati is crossed
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marionclarion
Local time: 11:58


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4 +1crossed archivolt moldingsmarionclarion
4intersecting archesxxxDCypher


  

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intersecting arches


Explanation:
i imagine this is a typical cathedral type arch. looking up it forms an X with the "bones" of the arch creating the form and perhaps the area between the bones concaved upward....



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Note added at 44 mins (2005-10-26 22:32:14 GMT)
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perhaps even better...what we call "vaulted arches"

xxxDCypher
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crossed archivolt moldings


Explanation:
the archivolt is a band of moldings round the lower curve of an arch

archivolto - fascia decorativa che si svolge frontalmente lungo la curva di un arco ¶ Etimo incerto; forse comp. di arco e volto ‘copertura a volta’.
(c) Petrini S.r.l. Garzanti Linguistica, 2004

incrociati is crossed

marionclarion
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luisa Piussi: maybe you might skip the molding: archivolt is a typer of decorative molding according to eng. dict
7 hrs
  -> in fact my first sentence is the definition! HOwever, "archivolt" is quite an abstruse word, so I left in "molding" to give a better indication of the meaning....
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