English translation: pincer / forceps-shaped narthex / ardica
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Italian to English translations [PRO] Architecture / Chruch plan / structure
Italian term or phrase:ardica a tenaglia
La pianta ottagonale, originariamente era preceduta da un quadriportico, oggi perduto. Di esso rimane l'ardica a tenaglia, insolitamente disposta non in asse con l'ottagono, ma tangente a uno spigolo della pianta centrale
Un possibile traducente ricavato dal testo potrebbe essere narthex
vedi:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the plant known in antiquity as narthex, see Ferula communis.
Plan of a Western cathedral, with the narthex shown in grey.
Floorplan of the Chora Church, showing both inner and outer narthex.
In the narthex of a small Orthodox church in Romania, looking through the doorway into the nave and Holy Doors.
The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area, located at the end of the nave, at the far end from the church's main altar. Traditionally the narthex was a part of the church building, but was not considered part of the church proper. It was either an indoor area separated from the nave by a screen or rail, or an external structure such as a porch.
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Thanks Russell and Stefina, both answers were helpful. I just posted another question, on the same article, if you can give me a hand it would be great. The term is "spinte delle volte interne". Thanks!!
Interestingly, I did a translation recently for what sounds like the same building but the Italian expression in this instance was "nartece a forcipe". Since I found it regularly translated as Forceps-shaped narthex, including in some very expert texts, that's what I used.
Un possibile traducente ricavato dal testo potrebbe essere narthex
vedi:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the plant known in antiquity as narthex, see Ferula communis.
Plan of a Western cathedral, with the narthex shown in grey.
Floorplan of the Chora Church, showing both inner and outer narthex.
In the narthex of a small Orthodox church in Romania, looking through the doorway into the nave and Holy Doors.
The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area, located at the end of the nave, at the far end from the church's main altar. Traditionally the narthex was a part of the church building, but was not considered part of the church proper. It was either an indoor area separated from the nave by a screen or rail, or an external structure such as a porch.
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PINCER SHAPED NARTHEX OR ARDICA
stefina Local time: 01:50 Works in field Native speaker of: Italian PRO pts in category: 8
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