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chiusa da una gelosia

English translation: wooden screen

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Italian term or phrase:gelosia
English translation:wooden screen
Entered by: Tom in London

09:21 Feb 16, 2016
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / guida museo
Italian term or phrase: chiusa da una gelosia
Sulla parete di ingresso della cappella insiste una cantoria con parapetto a riquadri decorati con intagli lignei e chiusa da una gelosia in legno dorata
franzine
Italy
enclosed by a gilded wooden screen
Explanation:
I believe the meaning of "gelosia" (French "jalousie") has come to mean any type of screen. Originally it was a Persian type of screen (degraded into the modern"persiana") that allowed an occupant to see out whilst keeping them (her?) hidden. One baroque example is seen in this photograph, on the balcony at the right.

http://www.ognissantisanbarnaba.it/2/images/interno-.jpg

If you want to be fancy you could call it a "jalousie" - here's another example

http://benoitdelaunay.com/MOUCHARABIEH
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1enclosed by a gilded wooden screen
Tom in London
4enclosed with a lattice work screen
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
4 -1venitian blind
Gad Kohenov


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
venitian blind


Explanation:
Hoepli tecnico.

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Note added at 17 mins (2016-02-16 09:38:53 GMT)
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opening covered with overlapping slats which can be angled to let in air and light while keeping out rain. Another possibility.



Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 06:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tom in London: venitian? No such word. Perhaps you mean "Venetian" but this would surely not be right. A *Venetian* blind is a slatted drop-down blind of modern invention, derived from ancient Persion prototypes. I suspect you may have misinterpreted the Hoepli manual.
3 mins
  -> I meant Venetian blind, yes.
neutral  Lara Barnett: A Venetian blind is a roll down slatted blind for the window - that is what it is in UK anyway.
5 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
enclosed by a gilded wooden screen


Explanation:
I believe the meaning of "gelosia" (French "jalousie") has come to mean any type of screen. Originally it was a Persian type of screen (degraded into the modern"persiana") that allowed an occupant to see out whilst keeping them (her?) hidden. One baroque example is seen in this photograph, on the balcony at the right.

http://www.ognissantisanbarnaba.it/2/images/interno-.jpg

If you want to be fancy you could call it a "jalousie" - here's another example

http://benoitdelaunay.com/MOUCHARABIEH

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 593

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa Jane
4 hrs
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
enclosed with a lattice work screen


Explanation:
Originally called Mashrabiya

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Note added at 23 hrs (2016-02-17 08:27:50 GMT)
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latticework


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latticework
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
Italy
Local time: 05:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 116
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