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Italian term
gocciolatoi a maschera comica
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Archaeology
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L’immagine della città tra il II ed il I sec. a.C. è testimoniata dalla porticus posta a nord dell’Appia, in posizione centrale, databile in età tardo repubblicana, nella vetrina 2 è esposta parte della decorazione architettonica del tetto, tra questi gocciolatoi a maschera comica.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | comic-mask dripstone | philgoddard |
4 | comic mask gargoyles | Tom in London |
Proposed translations
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comic-mask dripstone
It's not quite the same as a gargoyle, which is gargolla or gargouille, and is grotesque in appearance.
Gocciolatoio m (plural gocciolatoi)
(architecture) dripstone
Dripstone
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure
Also called a hood mould. There's a picture here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_mould
Reference: http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/gocciolatoio
Gocciolatoio m (plural gocciolatoi)
(architecture) dripstone
Dripstone
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure
Also called a hood mould. There's a picture here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_mould
Reference: http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/gocciolatoio
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comic mask gargoyles
this would do.
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