Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
lastre di rivestimento
English translation:
cladding slabs
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Maria Burnett
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Italian term
lastre di rivestimento
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Ulysses\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Due lastre Campana con scene dall’Odissea
Le due lastre di rivestimento
Le due lastre di rivestimento
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3 +1 | cladding slabs |
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
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4 | cladding tiles |
martini
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cladding slabs
rivestimento = placcatura (strato placcato) = cladding (metal coating)
Context
- lastra campana ............................................ "campana slabs", bell slabs
- Due lastre Campana con scene dall’Odissea
- Le due lastre di rivestimento ............................... cladding slabs (of the bell)
The “# Collection” also boasts a series of ex voto terracottas (feet, heads, hands, legs, wombs, small animals), as well as utensils, ornamental objects and bronze weapons from the proto-historical age, all found in necropolises in the area. Various boundary stones, epigraphs, funerary urns, antefixes and Campana slabs (Bell Slabs), marble heads and busts from the Roman period have also all been gathered from a number of villas once present in the Velletri area.
https://www.velletrimusei.it/it/archaeological-museum-englis...
Context
- lastra campana ............................................ "campana slabs", bell slabs
- Due lastre Campana con scene dall’Odissea
- Le due lastre di rivestimento ............................... cladding slabs (of the bell)
The “# Collection” also boasts a series of ex voto terracottas (feet, heads, hands, legs, wombs, small animals), as well as utensils, ornamental objects and bronze weapons from the proto-historical age, all found in necropolises in the area. Various boundary stones, epigraphs, funerary urns, antefixes and Campana slabs (Bell Slabs), marble heads and busts from the Roman period have also all been gathered from a number of villas once present in the Velletri area.
https://www.velletrimusei.it/it/archaeological-museum-englis...
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cladding tiles
Campana reliefs can be arranged on five bases: chronology, geography, iconography, shape and use.[13] The most productive system is classification based on the shape of the tile. The categories used are cladding tiles, ridge tiles, sima tiles, crowning tiles and antefixes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campana_reliefs#Types_and_use
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