Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
absidi radiali
English translation:
radiating apses/chapels
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Cinzia Di Giantomasso
Mar 19, 2002 09:20
22 yrs ago
Italian term
absidi radiali
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Percorrendo la vallata si incontrano la splendida Santa Maria, dal suggestivo interno romanico a due piani sovrapposti, con deambulatorio e absidi radiali......
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| 4 +2 | radiating apses/chapels |
wdh
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| 4 +3 | radiating chapels |
Maureen Young
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radiating apses/chapels
Two references at the site below, both confirming Maureen's, with the alternative of "radiating apse", specifying:
Radiating apses: chapels around sides of transept for lots of altars to house relics which were pilgrimage spots.
The period is Romanesque, so sounds good.
Apologies for the truncated 'agree' earlier, I was pasting in the quotation but... David
Radiating apses: chapels around sides of transept for lots of altars to house relics which were pilgrimage spots.
The period is Romanesque, so sounds good.
Apologies for the truncated 'agree' earlier, I was pasting in the quotation but... David
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks so much for your help."
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radiating chapels
From the URL below: An ambulatory without radiating chapels is so rare in Romanesque work that supposed examples
should be regarded as doubtful...
Radiating chapels: chapels projecting radially from and ambulatory or apse. (Penguin Dictionary of Architecture)
should be regarded as doubtful...
Radiating chapels: chapels projecting radially from and ambulatory or apse. (Penguin Dictionary of Architecture)
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wdh
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pesci
: if you can, could you let me know if it is Santa Maria a piè di Chienti?
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Enza Longo
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