Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

bóveda por aproximación de hileras

English translation:

corbel vault

Added to glossary by tazdog (X)
Jul 8, 2006 11:25
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Spanish term

por aproximación de hileras

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From a description of prehistoric stone structures (dolmens) in Spain:

"El del Romeral (1.800 años a.C.) se diferencia de los anteriores en que el corredor está resuelto mediante una falsa bóveda POR APROXIMACIÓN DE HILERAS."

Does this mean "with a single-file approach" or something else?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 corbel vault
2 by placing the rows nearer each other

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Spanish term (edited): bóveda por aproximación de hileras
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corbel vault

I ran into this one myself a while back, although mine said "hiladas" instead of hileras.

A ref. in Spanish:

La gran mayoría de las casetas catalogadas presenta una solución interior a su cubierta o techumbre conocida con el término convencional de ***falsa cúpula por aproximación de hiladas*** y que describe, a grandes rasgos, un tipo de cubierta de planta circular y desarrollo en altura a través de hiladas concéntricas de piedras que se van cerrando conforme suben presentando cada una de las piezas un ligero vuelo al interior y quedando en plano o levemente inclinadas hacia fuera.
http://www.aragob.es/edycul/patrimo/etno/casetas/cubierta.ht...

The Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (Ching) gives "corbel vault" for "falsa bóveda", and the illustration is what you see here:

http://arch.utexas.edu/AV/ARC318L/glossary/terms/corbel.jpg

You can see why they call it "aproximación de hileras/hiladas".

Here's the definition in English:

corbel vault

A concave formation of blocks, usually stone or masonry; the vault is formed by blocks as they project inward from the layer on which they rest.
http://www.ar.utexas.edu/AV/ARC318L/glossary/terms/corbel.ht...

More definitions:

corbel vault - In architecture, a vault built on the same principle as a corbelled arch.

corbelled arch - In architecture, a "false arch" bridging a gap by means of overlapping blocks of masonry. Also see corbel.
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Coo.html#anchor67658
Peer comment(s):

agree Nikki Graham : Aha! You are too quick. I haven't come across this before, but my research also led me to corbel-vault (it is hyphenated in the Oxford dictionary of architecture, for what it's worth).
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I had the advantage of a head start :-)
agree Mónica Ameztoy de Andrada
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by placing the rows nearer each other

I believe this "vault" is allowed architecturally by narrowing the rows and thus there is resulting space

Mike :)
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