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TYMPANUM [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

tympanum: an item in the "Building Components" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

tympan : objet de la classe «Composants du bâtiment» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

An air chamber in the temporal bone containing the ossicles; it is lined with mucous membrane and is continuous with the auditory tube anteriorly and the tympanic antrum and mastoid air cells posteriorly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
DEF

Cavité de l'oreille moyenne située entre le conduit auditif externe dont elle est séparée par la membrane du tympan, et l'oreille interne.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

The space enclosed between the lintel and the arch of a doorway in Norman and Gothic buildings, often filled with sculpture.

CONT

Capitals were mostly based on variations of the plain cushion form; other details, such as corbels, are much more interesting at some of the village churches, where the old Anglo-Saxon traditions continue. This even applies to the relief carvings in the tympana, the spaces between the lintels and the arches of the doorways. -Taylor, Alec, The Cathedrals of England, London, 1967, p. 57).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Remplissage compris dans un fronton entre sa base et ses remparts, et dans un portail entre son linteau et son archivolte.

Spanish

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