Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

a filare

English translation:

rows or courses

Added to glossary by James (Jim) Davis
Oct 13, 2011 17:37
12 yrs ago
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Italian term

a filare

Italian to English Art/Literary Architecture History of excavations of Herculaneum
"Tav 76 - L’apodyterium del reparto femminile delle Terme (VI, 1-10) (1931-1932). Lo scavo inizia il 15 Giugno 1931, la volta è in stucco bianco con costolonature, il pavimento è un mosaico con figure di delfini, polipi e un tritone. Le pareti sono di pietre di tufo a filare."

I imagine this is a wall laid in rows or lines of tuff stones, but I'm guessing. All help welcome. Accurate and informed if possible.
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4 +1 rows or courses

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rows or courses

I just looked through my memories of this term and in fact always translated either rows or courses. (Of brick or stone.)
Note from asker:
Thanks Maureen, I'll wait to see what the other architect experts think.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filare
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Maureen"

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"A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture"

http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924102774670/cu31924102774...

I seem unable to locate the specific entry, but the preview reads
'Filare: a continuous range of stones or bricks of uniform height in the wall of a building.'

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