Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Platzlgewölbe

English translation:

Domical vaults/Bohemian Caps

Added to glossary by Yorkshireman
Dec 21, 2013 17:12
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German term

Platzgewölbe

German to English Art/Literary Architecture
Description of the meeting room adjoining the council chamber in the Rathaus in St. Pölten:

"Ein besonderes Schmuckstück des Rathauses ist das barocke Bürgermeisterzimmer (Besichtigung nur gelegentlich möglich) mit der Kaiserstuckdecke von Christoph Kirschner aus dem Jahre 1722, deren figuraler Schmuck vermutlich von der Hand Joseph Pabels stammt. Aus derselben Zeit stammt aber auch der 2009 neu adaptierte Sitzungssaal mit einem etwas altertümlichen Spiegelgewölbe und der anschließende platzlgewölbte kleine Sitzungssaal, die beide möglicherweise noch auf Jakob Prandtauer zurückgehen."
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Dec 30, 2013 10:22: Yorkshireman Created KOG entry

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Domical vaults/vaulting / Bohemian Caps

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Domical vaults (Bohemian caps) = Platzlgewölbe

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Also cloister vault

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http://tinyurl.com/peua7ux

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"...the nave is covered by domical vaults, the so called Bohemian caps, which was at the time a rather innovative type of vaulting in the region"

Quote from: http://tinyurl.com/p54u4tj


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The exterior is plain; the interior, which is typical of Kassians work, comprises three bays divided by transverse arches, with domical vaults (Platzlgewölbe) over the nave and choir bays.

Quoted from: http://tinyurl.com/q7dv7xw (Singer, Kassian)
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Domical vault/Bohemian cap

Domical vaults (Bohemian caps) – Platzlgewölbe – appear in Central Europe in late 17th century,
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Domical vaults (Bohemian caps) – Platzlgewölbe – appear in Central Europe in late 17th century.

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Platzlgewölbe

mit drei l, also kein Platzgewölbe!

Eine während des späten 17. Jh.s in Österreich entwickelte Gewölbeform von geringer Stichhöhe (Höhe zwischen Kämpfer und Scheitel), durch welche die Zusammenfassung der Gewölbefresken zu einer einheitlichen Szene erleichtert wird. Konstruktiv entspricht das Platzlgewölbe der Böhmischen Kappe (Böhmische Kappe):
http://burgendaten.de/glossary-item.php?name=Platzlgewölbe

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Hier ein Bild:
http://camerahumana.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/die-loamgstettn...
http://camerahumana.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/03-das-so-ge...
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agree David Moore (X) : Hmmm...pity you didn't enter this as an answer...
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thanks - but I couldn't offer any translation ;-)
agree Teresa Reinhardt
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thank you ;-)
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Different types of vaults

This wikipedia entry contains a list of different types of architectural vaults.
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