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TEGURIUM [1 record]

Record 1 1999-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

A roof-like ornamented projection, surmounting a niche, door, window, tomb, etc.

CONT

From the fourth century altars were, in many instances, covered by a canopy supported on four columns, which not only formed a protection against possible accidents, but in a greater degree served as an architectural feature of importance. This canopy was known as the ciborium or tegurium.

Key term(s)
  • ciborium
  • tegurium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Motif d'architecture en pierre ou en bois sculpté en saillie d'une façade, souvent supporté par des colonnes, abritant un trône, un autel, une chaire, une statue, un ciborium au-dessus du maître-autel.

CONT

Au Moyen-Âge, on surmonta les sièges, puis un grand nombre de meubles (dressoirs, chaires, stalles) de dais fixes faisant partie intégrante de l'ensemble; ils étaient sculptés dans le bois et formaient une sorte de voûte décorée de manière architecturale.

Spanish

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