Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cul-de-four
English translation:
semi-dome, conch
Added to glossary by
David Goward
Feb 10, 2006 08:58
18 yrs ago
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French term
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cul de four
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Architecture
L’église dont le clocher se situe, semble t-il, à la place du donjon de l’ancien château, en forme de croix latine, possède un arc triomphal en plein cintre et une voûte en cul de four ainsi qu’un maître autel en marbre de Carrare datant de 1882.
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This is for a touristic description of religious architecture in the South West of France. Many thanks in advance.
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French term (edited):
cul-de-four
Selected
semi-dome
According to Dicobat:
"Voûte ou haut de niche formant une moitié de coupole, soiut un quart de sphère. GB: semi-dome, conch, concha".
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-02-10 09:12:55 GMT)
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Further on, under "cul-de-voûte", Dicobat says:
"Extrémité d'une voûte ou d'un berceau qui se termine par une demi-coupole. Syn. cul-de-four. GB: concha".
"Voûte ou haut de niche formant une moitié de coupole, soiut un quart de sphère. GB: semi-dome, conch, concha".
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-02-10 09:12:55 GMT)
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Further on, under "cul-de-voûte", Dicobat says:
"Extrémité d'une voûte ou d'un berceau qui se termine par une demi-coupole. Syn. cul-de-four. GB: concha".
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Bourth (X)
: Put it there, fellow Dicobat-user!
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Actually, when I turned freelance in '99, Dicobat was one of the first "dicos" I bought on the advice of some bloke called Alex who used to hang around on Flefo ;-) BTW, is that still going?
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Comment: "Thank you David (and Dicobat)!"
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nfg
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And Peter Brett's "Building Terminology" defines "conch" as "A semidome of an apse or niche"
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-02-10 10:54:25 GMT)
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And to help you visualize: take a hemispherical plastic bowl (the one you use for cutting your hair will do fine); turn it upside down on a cutting board; take a meat cleaver and split it precisely down the middle. Congratulations, you are the proud owner of two conches/semidomes. Dig two holes in the wall and place the semidomes at the top; take a couple of your daughter's Barbie dolls and place them in the niches, get down on your knees and pray ...
And Peter Brett's "Building Terminology" defines "conch" as "A semidome of an apse or niche"
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-02-10 10:54:25 GMT)
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And to help you visualize: take a hemispherical plastic bowl (the one you use for cutting your hair will do fine); turn it upside down on a cutting board; take a meat cleaver and split it precisely down the middle. Congratulations, you are the proud owner of two conches/semidomes. Dig two holes in the wall and place the semidomes at the top; take a couple of your daughter's Barbie dolls and place them in the niches, get down on your knees and pray ...
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