Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Lucerna becco a ogiva con volute

English translation:

oil lamp with a voluted ogival nozzle

Added to glossary by Benjamin Mathews
Jul 24, 2014 09:38
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Italian term

Lucerna becco a ogiva con volute

Italian to English Art/Literary Archaeology roman oil lamps
sorry no other context its a kind of oil lamp..
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4 +1 oil lamp with a voluted ogival nozzle

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oil lamp with a voluted ogival nozzle

"Becco" refers to the nozzle, and the "volute" are scroll-shaped decorative features (volutes) on either side of the nozzle. You could also phrase it as "ogival nozzle flanked by volutes", but "voluted" makes it more concise.

"This circular lamp has a narrow, voluted nozzle extending from it..."
http://www.medievalportland.pdx.edu/?q=round-terracotta-lamp...

"Bronze lamp on a high circular base, with a broad round body and an ogival nozzle with a double volute..."
http://issuu.com/phoenixancientart/docs/v1.3web_ctlg265x265m...

You can make out the volutes on the nozzle in this picture, just to the left of the spout:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/se...|Lamps&pos=14
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agree Wendy Streitparth : Just got there myself!
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