Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 14, 2005 16:52
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Italian term
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capocroce
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
church architecture
Would some kind soul happen to know what this is in English?
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Angela
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Angela
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | maine apse |
Daniela Zambrini
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| 5 | chevet |
Ivana UK
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| 3 | steeple |
Patrick Regini
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| 3 | capocroce (part of the church at the eastern end of the main aisle) |
marionclarion
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Proposed translations
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Daniela Zambrini
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maine apse
I think it's the maine apse abside principale
La cattedrale di Laon presenta un capocroce quadrato; il coro della chiesa di Brinay è rettangolare . In tutte le chiese primitive cistercensi il capocroce è quadrato, ma nelle chiese costruite alla fine del XII e nel XIII secolo, l'abside diventa poligonale.
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La compagine muraria che forma l'estremità orientale della chiesa, e nella quale si innesta l'abside maggiore (capocroce), emerge con la sua forma a spioventi e denota una tecnica costruttiva coerente con le tre absidi: pietre disposte in corsi orizzontali con la presenza qua e là di frammenti e scaglie di cotto.
http://www.servitium.it/priorato/esterno.htm
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Note added at 17 mins (2005-10-14 17:09:59 GMT)
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sorry, the MAIN apse....... ciao Angela!
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Note added at 28 mins (2005-10-14 17:21:43 GMT)
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chevet
Définition : Partie d'une église située au fond de la nef, à l'arrière du chœur (Dicobat, dictionnaire général du bâtiment, par J. de Vigan, édition Arcature, 2000)
Langue : français
Catégorie grammaticale : n.m.
Domaine : architecture
Sous-domaine : édifice religieux
Contexte : Le chevet qui se trouve qu fond de l'abside est de style gothique
Relations :
Tout : choeur
Équivalent italien : capocroce
brought me to :The chevet is an apse, always enclosed by an open screen of columns on the ground floor, and opening into an aisle, which again opens into three or more apsidal chapels.
In the beginning of the 13th century in France, the apses were built as radiating chapels outside the choir aisle, henceforth known as the chevet (French, "headpiece"), when the resulting structure was too complicated to be merely an "apse."
La cattedrale di Laon presenta un capocroce quadrato; il coro della chiesa di Brinay è rettangolare . In tutte le chiese primitive cistercensi il capocroce è quadrato, ma nelle chiese costruite alla fine del XII e nel XIII secolo, l'abside diventa poligonale.
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La compagine muraria che forma l'estremità orientale della chiesa, e nella quale si innesta l'abside maggiore (capocroce), emerge con la sua forma a spioventi e denota una tecnica costruttiva coerente con le tre absidi: pietre disposte in corsi orizzontali con la presenza qua e là di frammenti e scaglie di cotto.
http://www.servitium.it/priorato/esterno.htm
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Note added at 17 mins (2005-10-14 17:09:59 GMT)
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sorry, the MAIN apse....... ciao Angela!
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Note added at 28 mins (2005-10-14 17:21:43 GMT)
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chevet
Définition : Partie d'une église située au fond de la nef, à l'arrière du chœur (Dicobat, dictionnaire général du bâtiment, par J. de Vigan, édition Arcature, 2000)
Langue : français
Catégorie grammaticale : n.m.
Domaine : architecture
Sous-domaine : édifice religieux
Contexte : Le chevet qui se trouve qu fond de l'abside est de style gothique
Relations :
Tout : choeur
Équivalent italien : capocroce
brought me to :The chevet is an apse, always enclosed by an open screen of columns on the ground floor, and opening into an aisle, which again opens into three or more apsidal chapels.
In the beginning of the 13th century in France, the apses were built as radiating chapels outside the choir aisle, henceforth known as the chevet (French, "headpiece"), when the resulting structure was too complicated to be merely an "apse."
Peer comment(s):
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Rachel Fell
: chevet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apse - also see e.g. Laon cathedral chevet/capocroce
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| agree |
Enza Longo
: see also: medievalarchaeology.unisi.it/ Fondazione/Luoghi/Siena/SI1.html - 37k ...the NW wall of a rectangular apse, the area commonly known as ‘capocroce’. ...
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| agree |
silvia b (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks - this came up several times and we were stumped (3 working on this book)!!!"
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Patrick Regini
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steeple
steeple is the main tower upon which the cross is mounted.
20 hrs
chevet
Take a look at the Italian and English versions of the below site where "capocroce" is translated as "east end" (possibly due to the lack of an adequate English translation... but who knows?? There's also a photo).
... seguono come molte chiesette rurali la pianta con capocroce piatto : è composta di una navata semplicemente ricoperta da capriate lignee, di un coro lungo due campate, di un campanile nella chiesa di La Barre, ma all’esterno dell’opera in quella di Saint-Pierre, e di un capocroce piatto illuminato da tre finestre.
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/italie/Patrimoine_architectural...
... are two small parish churches in the St Lô region with the usual ground plan with the flat east end of rural sanctuaries. The nave is simply covered with a timber-framed roof, the choir has two bays, the tower is above the nave at La Barre, but projecting from one side at Saint-Pierre, and the flat east end is lit by three windows.
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/italie/Patrimoine_architectural...
The French version of the site calls it "chevet":
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/france/patrimoine_architectural...
And in fact the word "chevet" is also used in English:
Difficult Words. English. Plants ... chevet. n. east end of (especially French Gothic) church or chancel. ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/dat...
Definition of Chevet. Che`vet´ n. 1. The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or...
www.TheFreeDictionary.com.www.thefreedictionary.com/Chevet
(sorry my answer's so long Angela - but I love finding diffucult words!)
... seguono come molte chiesette rurali la pianta con capocroce piatto : è composta di una navata semplicemente ricoperta da capriate lignee, di un coro lungo due campate, di un campanile nella chiesa di La Barre, ma all’esterno dell’opera in quella di Saint-Pierre, e di un capocroce piatto illuminato da tre finestre.
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/italie/Patrimoine_architectural...
... are two small parish churches in the St Lô region with the usual ground plan with the flat east end of rural sanctuaries. The nave is simply covered with a timber-framed roof, the choir has two bays, the tower is above the nave at La Barre, but projecting from one side at Saint-Pierre, and the flat east end is lit by three windows.
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/italie/Patrimoine_architectural...
The French version of the site calls it "chevet":
www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/france/patrimoine_architectural...
And in fact the word "chevet" is also used in English:
Difficult Words. English. Plants ... chevet. n. east end of (especially French Gothic) church or chancel. ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/dat...
Definition of Chevet. Che`vet´ n. 1. The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or...
www.TheFreeDictionary.com.www.thefreedictionary.com/Chevet
(sorry my answer's so long Angela - but I love finding diffucult words!)
Peer comment(s):
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Daniela Zambrini
: that's what I wrote in my addendum :-) , I agree in any case
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non l'avevo visto Daniela ... "chevet" si usa anche in inglese
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1 day 9 hrs
capocroce (part of the church at the eastern end of the main aisle)
It's certainly hard to find!
One article decribing different types of capocroce - is at http://www.archeogate.it/vicino_oriente/article.php?id=290&o...
Other articles I looked at in Google seem to me imply that it is that part of the church at the end of the main nave - where usually there is an altar.... but none of the It-Eng dicitionaries have a word to translate it into!! Those web pages which translate for you, leave it as is - maybe that's the best thing?
Sorry not to be of more help.
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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 54 mins (2005-10-15 22:47:25 GMT)
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head-of-the-cross perhaps??
One article decribing different types of capocroce - is at http://www.archeogate.it/vicino_oriente/article.php?id=290&o...
Other articles I looked at in Google seem to me imply that it is that part of the church at the end of the main nave - where usually there is an altar.... but none of the It-Eng dicitionaries have a word to translate it into!! Those web pages which translate for you, leave it as is - maybe that's the best thing?
Sorry not to be of more help.
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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 54 mins (2005-10-15 22:47:25 GMT)
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head-of-the-cross perhaps??
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