Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
arco carpanel
English translation:
basket-handle arch
Added to glossary by
Barnaby Griffiths
Jun 25, 2004 12:03
19 yrs ago
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arco carpanel
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another type of arch
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | basket-handle arch |
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| 4 | Depressed arch |
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basket-handle arch
Translation given by the Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (Francis D.K. Ching). Here are some definitions that confirm it:
Arco Carpanel
Arco formado por varios arcos de diferentes radios y diferentes centros, pero de forma simétrica
http://www.castillosnet.org/glosario/A.shtml
Arco carpanel.- Consta de varios arcos de circunferencia tangentes entre sí y trazados desde distintos centros
http://olmo.pntic.mec.es/~fbez0000/vocabula.htm
Noun 1. basket-handle arch - a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/basket-handle arch
Bilingual ref:
PENITENCIAL. De planta rectangular, su acceso es de arco carpanel y se cubre con crucería estrellada que arranca de ménsulas con los signos de los evangelistas
PENITENTIAL CHAPEL. This rectangular chapel, approached via a basket-handle arch, is set under a star vault springing from brackets bearing the symbols of the Evangelists
http://sirio.deusto.es/abaitua/_outside/ikasle/ih2_02/raquel...
Arco Carpanel
Arco formado por varios arcos de diferentes radios y diferentes centros, pero de forma simétrica
http://www.castillosnet.org/glosario/A.shtml
Arco carpanel.- Consta de varios arcos de circunferencia tangentes entre sí y trazados desde distintos centros
http://olmo.pntic.mec.es/~fbez0000/vocabula.htm
Noun 1. basket-handle arch - a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/basket-handle arch
Bilingual ref:
PENITENCIAL. De planta rectangular, su acceso es de arco carpanel y se cubre con crucería estrellada que arranca de ménsulas con los signos de los evangelistas
PENITENTIAL CHAPEL. This rectangular chapel, approached via a basket-handle arch, is set under a star vault springing from brackets bearing the symbols of the Evangelists
http://sirio.deusto.es/abaitua/_outside/ikasle/ih2_02/raquel...
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Nikki Graham
: I answered this question ages ago. Don't people bother to do their own research any more?
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Hi Nikki, thanks!
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Comment: "thx again, it's going in the glossary this time"
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Depressed arch
This is what I think it is, I was taught it was called "Carpanel o
escarzano" and it was used at the end of the Gothic period
escarzano" and it was used at the end of the Gothic period
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