Aug 30, 2015 17:32
8 yrs ago
Italian term

pluriconco

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Architecture
pluriconco
In architettura, detto di un edificio a pianta poligonale, utilizzato soprattutto nell'architettura sacra bizantina, che presenta su ogni lato delle absidi.

Afraid this is all I have in the way of context.
Proposed translations (English)
3 multiple domes/multidomed
2 multiple conoid apse

Discussion

toasty Aug 31, 2015:
I agree with rcolin that the term is multi-domed, but the way the definition is presented is a bit misleading if not re-worded. The definition here refers to both architectural plan (central floor plan) and the fact that the building has more than one main dome, essentially a hallmark of Byzantine architecture (http://study.com/academy/lesson/byzantine-architecture.html or the architecture section here: http://www.crystalinks.com/byzantine.html for more on that).
Technically, however, even St. Peter's in Rome is "multi-domed" (it has one main dome and two small cupolas), though not Byzantine. I think the phrase would have to be worded in a way to make it clear it's not just about how many domes a building has, but about an entirely different architectural style.

Proposed translations

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multiple domes/multidomed

Two possibilities as given in Wikipédia or in a booked
this is one of the characteristics which distinguishe byzantine architecture
Byzantine architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_architectureByzantin...

architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, also .... The tile work, geometric patterns, multiple arches, domes, and
polychrome brick and ...

The Byzantine World -

https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=1136727868 - Traduire cette Paul Stephenson - 2010 - ‎History
Theother multidomed monuments ofApuliadate mostly from the Norman periodand donot followthe Canosa scheme.The monasticchurches of San Benedetto at ...
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20 hrs

multiple conoid apse

see
Vault (architecture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_(architecture)
Wikipedia
... of the fan vault, forming a concave-sided conoid, returned to the principles of ... immense hemicycle or apse at the eastern end, a similar apse at the western ...

The Art of Structures: Introduction to the Functioning of ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=294022238X
Aurelio Muttoni - 2011 - ‎Architectural design
The apse is covered by a vault whose form follows the same principle. Here as many as ... A fan vault is usually formed by multiple conoids placed side by side.

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possible just multiple aspe

Apse - OrthodoxWiki
orthodoxwiki.org › Categories › Liturgics › Church architecture
Sep 10, 2009 - In the Byzantine east, churches appeared frequently with multiple apses, three being the most common. Many examples are found in church ...

anis definition of anis in the Free Online Encyclopedia
encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/anis
It was seized in 1045 by Byzantium and in 1064 by the Seljuks, who laid waste to it. ... the exquisite multiapse concentric Church of Abugamrents (the Church of ...
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Reference comments

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Reference:

cosa dice il dizionario

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/pluriconco/
pluricónco agg. [comp. di pluri- e conca (absidale)] (pl. m. -chi). – In architettura, detto di un edificio a pianta poligonale, utilizzato soprattutto nell’architettura sacra bizantina, che presenta su ogni lato delle absidi.

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triconco - Wiktionary
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/triconcoWiktionary
Italian[edit]. Adjective[edit]. triconco m (feminine triconca, masculine plural triconchi, feminine plural triconche). Having three apses. Retrieved from ...
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