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sporti delle cornici

English translation: corniches\' juts // architraves\' overhangs


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Italian term or phrase:sporti delle cornici
English translation:corniches\' juts // architraves\' overhangs
Entered by: Marie Scarano
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11:55 Nov 14, 2011
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Art/Literary - Architecture /
Italian term or phrase: sporti delle cornici
...spesa dalle maestranze nella realizzazione dei modiglioni che sostengono gli sporti delle cornici e nella lavorazione delle balaustre marmoree che, con i loro balaustrini, dettano i tempi di una scansione ripetuta tutto intorno ai bracci della chiesa...

Description of a church...
Marie Scarano
Italy
Local time: 01:50
corniches' juts // architraves' overhangs
Explanation:
or juts / overhangs of corniches (architraves)

corniche's (architraves') /juts/overhanging


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3 +2cornice projectionscasper
4cornice overhangs
Russell Jones
3corniches' juts // architraves' overhangs
tradugrace


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cornice projections


Explanation:
A literal translation is fine here, IMO

casper
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
agree  Russell Jones: Projections is perfectly valid, if less common than overhangs, but could be understood as referring to elements of relief in the cornice design.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
corniches' juts // architraves' overhangs


Explanation:
or juts / overhangs of corniches (architraves)

corniche's (architraves') /juts/overhanging


HIH

tradugrace
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cornice overhangs


Explanation:
This would be my preference .

Russell Jones
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