Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
antéglise
English translation:
antechurch
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mediamatrix (X)
Jan 20, 2008 00:12
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French term
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antéglise
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Contexte:
"Par ces escaliers en colimaçon on accédait aussi à un solium extractum, espèce **d'antéglise** sur laquelle montaient les évêques et l'empereur pour être acclamé par le peuple."
It's a description of a cathedral.
Merci Beaucoup!
femme
"Par ces escaliers en colimaçon on accédait aussi à un solium extractum, espèce **d'antéglise** sur laquelle montaient les évêques et l'empereur pour être acclamé par le peuple."
It's a description of a cathedral.
Merci Beaucoup!
femme
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +7 | antechurch |
Jennifer Levey
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| 5 -2 | anti-church |
Chris Hall
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| 3 | Westwerk |
Christopher Crockett
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Change log
Jan 25, 2008 04:09: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Jan 25, 2008 10:40: mediamatrix (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "antéglise"" to ""antechurch""
Proposed translations
+7
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Jennifer Levey
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12
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antechurch
Compare the English and French texts here:
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/974.p...
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-01-20 00:21:07 GMT)
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Abbot Heito III (888-913) replaced the antechurch with a square choir and a broad western transept flanked by two towers.
L’abbé Heito III (888-913) remplace l’antéglise par un chœur carré et un large transept occidental flanqué de deux tours.
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/974.p...
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-01-20 00:21:07 GMT)
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Abbot Heito III (888-913) replaced the antechurch with a square choir and a broad western transept flanked by two towers.
L’abbé Heito III (888-913) remplace l’antéglise par un chœur carré et un large transept occidental flanqué de deux tours.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Janet Ross Snyder
48 mins
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| agree |
Bourth (X)
: Aka forechurch or narthex, apparently.
50 mins
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| agree |
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
7 hrs
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| agree |
Bashiqa
8 hrs
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| agree |
Victoria Porter-Burns
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9 hrs
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| agree |
Cervin
: See picture and notes above
9 hrs
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| agree |
Jonathan MacKerron
: Webster suggests "portico"
12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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-2
10 mins
Chris Hall
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219 témoignages et ils ne cessent pas...
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12
anti-church
I know for a fact that antéchrist is Antichrist, so surely it makes that antéglise means anti (anté) church (église)... Sometimes it helps to break the words up.
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Bourth (X)
: The French "antéchrist" is an odd exception; it should really be "antichrist". "Anté" means "before", "in front of", of course, as in "antechamber" or "upping the ante" (which you do BEFORE you play your cards).
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Richard Benham
: "ante" is Latin for "before"; the "anti" in "Antichrist" is Greek for "agaisnt". The Old English word for "Antichrist" was "antecrist". I suspect the "e" in F and OE is a confusion due to the idea that the Antichrist will reign BEFORE the Second Coming.
2 hrs
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2 days 19 hrs
Christopher Crockett
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79
Westwerk
I don't like "antechurch" because the OED doesn't.
The only thing it has for "antechurch" is "see antechapel," where we find
ANTE- + CHAPEL.
‘A term used in the Universities for the outer part at the west end of a chapel.’ Parker Gloss. Arch. 1875.
Which is *clearly* not what we have here.
Lacking any sort of visual aid, I'd say that there's a possibility that we're dealing with a "Westwerk," an architectural feature which I explained in another one of your open questions.
The "solium extractum...sur laquelle montaient les évêques et l'empereur pour être acclamé par le peuple" might confirm this notion, since Westwerks were, apparently, originally designed for this purpose (or so it is thought).
The only thing it has for "antechurch" is "see antechapel," where we find
ANTE- + CHAPEL.
‘A term used in the Universities for the outer part at the west end of a chapel.’ Parker Gloss. Arch. 1875.
Which is *clearly* not what we have here.
Lacking any sort of visual aid, I'd say that there's a possibility that we're dealing with a "Westwerk," an architectural feature which I explained in another one of your open questions.
The "solium extractum...sur laquelle montaient les évêques et l'empereur pour être acclamé par le peuple" might confirm this notion, since Westwerks were, apparently, originally designed for this purpose (or so it is thought).
Discussion
and this might help: http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?...
ANTECHURCH
UF Forechurch
SN An addition to the west end of a church which is similar to a porch or narthex but usually consists of a nave and aisles.
CL BUILDING COMPONENT
NT NARTHEX (MEDIEVAL)