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ILE DE FRANCE [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
CONT

To the ambulatory..., it was customary to add a series of projecting chapels for the accommodation of secondary altars. This arrangement can be specially well seen in the Ile de France, where it is known as the chevet, meaning, literally, "the head of the bed".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

[...] partie placée à l'est de l'église. Ensemble des absides à l'extérieur.

CONT

Le chevet de l'édifice, auquel les croisillons arrondis du transept forment un arrière-plan si magnifique, révèle une disposition mouvementée pleine de grandeur, avec les étagements successifs de ses chapelles absidales, couvertes de petits combles individuels, de ses tribunes, des parties hautes de l'abside maintenues par des arc-boutants en forme de consoles renversées refaits au XVIIIe siècle, et, enfin, de sa toiture.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sheep Raising
OBS

a breed of sheep

Key term(s)
  • Île-de-France

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des ovins
DEF

Race ovine apte à la production de viande et de laine, résultant d'un croisement, entrepris au cours du XIXe siècle, entre la race anglaise Dishley et la race Mérinos de Rambouillet, puis d'une sélection systématique.

Key term(s)
  • Île de France

Spanish

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