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Italian term or phrase:
Cippi con i gigli di Francia
English translation:
pillars with fleurs-de-lys
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nimopaz
Oct 6, 2009 21:44
14 yrs ago
Italian term
Cippi con i gigli di Francia
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
Si tratta di quei bassi tronchi di colonna, con le aquile di Innocenzo XIII e i gigli di Francia, che si trovano in Piazza di Spagna a Roma.
Esiste un'espressione in inglese? Hanno un nome specifico?
Any help is very welcomed!
Esiste un'espressione in inglese? Hanno un nome specifico?
Any help is very welcomed!
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Russell Jones
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pillars with fleurs-de-lys
or
fleurs-de-lis; both spellings used.
fleurs-de-lis; both spellings used.
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Comment: "Grazie!"
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Tom in London
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Architecture, design, technical, etc.
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Stone column bases decorated with the fleur-de-lys motif
ask two architects and you'll get two different answers :)
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Russell Jones
: Agree it can be stone column bases but in this case that is not what they are at the foot of the Spanish Steps
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Pylons, cippi, piers, pillars, posts, decorated with French lilies (or fleur de lis)
Pillars, piers (square pillars), pilasters, pylons or even posts.
My preference would be pylons or cippi.
Dictionary.com
pylons py⋅lon /ˈpaɪlɒn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pahy-lon]
2. a relatively tall structure at the side of a gate, bridge, or avenue, marking an entrance or approach.
matter of curiosity..
constructed by Francesco de Sanctis in 1723-25 in a bewildering pattern of steps . The steps were paid for by the French ambassador, Gueffier - hence the fleurs-de-lis
The literal translation of Cippo is "cippus" (see descriptions below)
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=C...
CIPPUS
In architecture, a cippus is a small, low column, sometimes without a base or capital, and most often bearing an inscription. In ancient times cippus were used as mile stones indicating the distance to remote places along a road, as memorial stones and boundaries, and in some cases to receive the inscribed decrees of the Roman senate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_glossary#P
Cippus - low pedestal, either round or rectangular, set up by the Romans for various purposes such as military or milestones, boundary posts. The inscriptions on some in the British Museum show that they were occasionally funeral memorials.
oxford paravia
cippo
sostantivo maschile
stone; ~ chilometrico milestone; ~ funerario gravestone, tombstone.
cip⋅pus /ˈsɪpəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sip-uhs] Show IPA
–noun, plural cip⋅pi /ˈsɪpaɪ, ˈsɪpi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sip-ahy, sip-ee] Show IPA . (in classical architecture) a stele.
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Origin:
1615–25; < L: pillar, gravestone
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source |Link To cippus
Cippo = cippus
Cippus - low pedestal, either round or rectangular, set up by the Romans for various purposes such as military or milestones, boundary posts. The inscriptions on some in the British Museum show that they were occasionally funeral memorials.
My preference would be pylons or cippi.
Dictionary.com
pylons py⋅lon /ˈpaɪlɒn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pahy-lon]
2. a relatively tall structure at the side of a gate, bridge, or avenue, marking an entrance or approach.
matter of curiosity..
constructed by Francesco de Sanctis in 1723-25 in a bewildering pattern of steps . The steps were paid for by the French ambassador, Gueffier - hence the fleurs-de-lis
The literal translation of Cippo is "cippus" (see descriptions below)
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=C...
CIPPUS
In architecture, a cippus is a small, low column, sometimes without a base or capital, and most often bearing an inscription. In ancient times cippus were used as mile stones indicating the distance to remote places along a road, as memorial stones and boundaries, and in some cases to receive the inscribed decrees of the Roman senate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_glossary#P
Cippus - low pedestal, either round or rectangular, set up by the Romans for various purposes such as military or milestones, boundary posts. The inscriptions on some in the British Museum show that they were occasionally funeral memorials.
oxford paravia
cippo
sostantivo maschile
stone; ~ chilometrico milestone; ~ funerario gravestone, tombstone.
cip⋅pus /ˈsɪpəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sip-uhs] Show IPA
–noun, plural cip⋅pi /ˈsɪpaɪ, ˈsɪpi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sip-ahy, sip-ee] Show IPA . (in classical architecture) a stele.
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Origin:
1615–25; < L: pillar, gravestone
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source |Link To cippus
Cippo = cippus
Cippus - low pedestal, either round or rectangular, set up by the Romans for various purposes such as military or milestones, boundary posts. The inscriptions on some in the British Museum show that they were occasionally funeral memorials.
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