Apr 4, 2017 15:45
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French term
placage masquant la plus grande partie de
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DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors. Catalog entry.
CONTEXT: 19508. Mirror. - Bronze, wood, and gold. (Pl. VI) Le placage [of the handle] est réparti de la manière suivante:.... ***Sur ce placage masquant la plus grande partie du bois***, les ornements habituels de la colonnette, à savoir les sépales de la campane et du bulbe et les cinq anneaux du collier (ici quatre), reproduits au repoussé, contribuent à la richesse de l'effet.
Note the entire length of the handle is 19.5 cms
Pictures of the mirror: https://egyptophile.blogspot.com/2016/09/le-miroir-dune-rein...
ATTEMPT: On the plating masking the largest part of the wood, the customary ornaments of the colonnette, namely the sepals of the inverted bell and the bulb as well as the five rings of the collar (here four), all reproduced in repoussé, contribute to the opulent effect.
ISSUE: Getting a little punchy on this miserable section and the placage looks like it barely covers "most of the wood", so I'm doubting myself and would appreciate some feedback.
Thank you in advance!
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors. Catalog entry.
CONTEXT: 19508. Mirror. - Bronze, wood, and gold. (Pl. VI) Le placage [of the handle] est réparti de la manière suivante:.... ***Sur ce placage masquant la plus grande partie du bois***, les ornements habituels de la colonnette, à savoir les sépales de la campane et du bulbe et les cinq anneaux du collier (ici quatre), reproduits au repoussé, contribuent à la richesse de l'effet.
Note the entire length of the handle is 19.5 cms
Pictures of the mirror: https://egyptophile.blogspot.com/2016/09/le-miroir-dune-rein...
ATTEMPT: On the plating masking the largest part of the wood, the customary ornaments of the colonnette, namely the sepals of the inverted bell and the bulb as well as the five rings of the collar (here four), all reproduced in repoussé, contribute to the opulent effect.
ISSUE: Getting a little punchy on this miserable section and the placage looks like it barely covers "most of the wood", so I'm doubting myself and would appreciate some feedback.
Thank you in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | (on this) plating that conceals the greater part of ... |
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(on this) plating that conceals the greater part of ...
I also wonder whether there isn't a comma missing, i.e.
Sur ce placage, masquant la plus grande partie du bois, les ornements habituels ?
Sur ce placage, masquant la plus grande partie du bois, les ornements habituels ?
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Comment: "Thank you!"
Discussion
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/columns.htm
Also, the shape of the capital, the top of the column, had a plant theme as well, and at the transition of the capital to the shaft, five bands might be found representing the lashing which held together the bundle of stems of which the earliest columns were made.
The mirror itself would have had a long "tang" extending down, and that is is joined to the handle by that bronze (presumably) rivet, which pierces both the gold plating and the wood beneath it.
His "ici quatre" is curious; does he mean that, in nature, the "collar" of this particular (papyrus) flower has five rings below the bell, but only four are found on this gold replica?
I see some rings in other representations
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b5/1f/f5/b51ff5413...
and perhaps 5 here
https://s3.amazonaws.com/classconnection/110/flashcards/8539...
But don't see an actual picture of a plant which has rings.
We may assume that papyrus was a very important --and sacred-- plant to these guys, so the exact number of rings might have considerable significance.