Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

a copertura piana

English translation:

flat roof

Added to glossary by Lucia De Rocco
Dec 12, 2005 20:03
18 yrs ago
Italian term

a copertura piana

Italian to English Art/Literary Other Literary
La navata centrale, a copertura piana, è illuminata dalle ampie finestre che si aprono in alto. Le due navate laterali hanno invece volte a vela e sono illuminate da finestre
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 flat roof
3 +1 flat ceiling

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flat roof

Ciao Lucia.
Significa che il tetto è in piano - non ha volte o arcate.

William Morris - Southwell Minster I
The Norman nave was in all probability covered originally with a flat roof similar to Gloucester and St. Albans. This was replaced in the Middle Ages by a ...
www.marxists.org/archive/morris/works/1878/sthmins1.htm

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Basilica
Pilasters leaning against the columns served to carry the flat roof of the ambulatories, the length of the middle nave was double its breadth and six times ...
www.newadvent.org/cathen/02325a.htm

Powelton Village - Philadelphia
Segmental windows below overhanging flat roof with large wood sinuous brackets
... Two-story nave along North 38th Street. Brownstone buttresses; stuccoed ...
www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/ langlab/powelton/inventory/baring.html
Peer comment(s):

agree silvia b (X) : non avevo visto la tua risposta :)
5 mins
Ciao Silvia! Si sono incrociate!
agree Romanian Translator (X)
18 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Grazie Angela,molto utile"
+1
7 mins

flat ceiling

non ci sono volte
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
2 mins
grazie Patricia
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