Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 16, 2016 10:09
8 yrs ago
French term
césures
French to English
Other
Archaeology
Description of the construction technique known as \'rammed earth\'.
Context:
Le mur en argile crue présente, sur la totalité de la longueur reconnue, cinq césures en plan et en profil qui séparent, pour chacune d'entre elles, deux tronçons d'intensités de couleurs différentes.
Charles Davis had mentioned, in a comment relating to a previous question, that 'césures' is not actually a gap. From my piano-playing days, I remember that a 'caesura' was a transition, a type of pause. Can I use the Latin 'caesures' in this context or is there a more archaeologically-appropriate term. I did find this reference in the OED:
846 D. W. Pughe Harlech Castle 23 Ridge..extends with a few cæsures for nearly 22 miles.
Many thanks in advance.
Le mur en argile crue présente, sur la totalité de la longueur reconnue, cinq césures en plan et en profil qui séparent, pour chacune d'entre elles, deux tronçons d'intensités de couleurs différentes.
Charles Davis had mentioned, in a comment relating to a previous question, that 'césures' is not actually a gap. From my piano-playing days, I remember that a 'caesura' was a transition, a type of pause. Can I use the Latin 'caesures' in this context or is there a more archaeologically-appropriate term. I did find this reference in the OED:
846 D. W. Pughe Harlech Castle 23 Ridge..extends with a few cæsures for nearly 22 miles.
Many thanks in advance.
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Feb 17, 2016 19:41: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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This simple suggestion, kindly offered by Petitavoine, seems to me to be just what we want:
"The curtain wall was not all built at once but was constructed in segments, as can be seen from vertical breaks in the stonework which mark where sections met."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pevensey_Castle
"subdivided by modern partitions. The walls on all four sides of this room are of brick, in English bond, and represent an addition to the old mill building; however there are vertical breaks in the south-western wall, parts of which are in a different bond."
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownloa...
"No visible break was observed in the upper and lower parts of the masonry and it is assumed that the building was constructed soon after, if not continuously with, the wall."
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownloa...
"The curtain wall was not all built at once but was constructed in segments, as can be seen from vertical breaks in the stonework which mark where sections met."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pevensey_Castle
"subdivided by modern partitions. The walls on all four sides of this room are of brick, in English bond, and represent an addition to the old mill building; however there are vertical breaks in the south-western wall, parts of which are in a different bond."
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownloa...
"No visible break was observed in the upper and lower parts of the masonry and it is assumed that the building was constructed soon after, if not continuously with, the wall."
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownloa...
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Comment: "Merci."
Discussion
"La construction de l'église s'est réalisée d'est à ouest, en étapes successives dont les césures verticales se lisent clairement sur une partie des maçonneries mises à nu."
https://books.google.es/books?id=b1foKn7cwKkC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA...