Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
ricassato
English translation:
recessed
Added to glossary by
Francesca Casanova
Apr 19, 2015 15:27
9 yrs ago
Italian term
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ricassato
Italian to English
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Architecture
Romanesque architecture
Si descrive il portale di un santuario romanico:
il portale del santuario è ricassato , con archivolto intradosso a tutto sesto + estradosso a sesto acuto.
Grazie :)
il portale del santuario è ricassato , con archivolto intradosso a tutto sesto + estradosso a sesto acuto.
Grazie :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | recessed |
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
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| 4 +1 | recessed / enclosed / encased |
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Proposed translations
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recessed
probably the simplest way to translate this
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Note added at 4 days (2015-04-24 13:17:42 GMT) Post-grading
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Grazie!
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Note added at 4 days (2015-04-24 13:17:42 GMT) Post-grading
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Grazie!
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recessed / enclosed / encased
I believe they're just saying that the doorway/gate is recessed into an arch - or rather an inner round arch and an outer pointed arch (see here for the archway types: http://www.architettodileo.it/images/Fig 5 - Tipologie di ar... See links below for similar doorways.
Discussion
it does not say much more. It is the description of a 12th century Tuscan church and says that about the facade.