pellería

English translation: tannery

16:36 Nov 10, 2016
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / 14th-century Valencian
Catalan term or phrase: pellería
I'm working on a historical text that refers to a fire during the lower middle ages. It burned down an area in Valencia "desde la esquina de la Puerta Nueva hasta la esquina de la calle que va a la Merced, por casa de en Bayona, y todo el Trench, por la mitad de la Pelleria hasta la Carnicería" (quote is from a contemporary historical chronicle). Pellería and Carnicería refer to the divisions of the city by trade. Is this the furriers' or tanners' area? TIA.
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 09:50
English translation:tannery
Explanation:
Yes, I'd say it was the area where the tanneries were located. Cf. the definitions given in the DCVB. Definition 2 would fit your context (botiga o lloc on treballen els pellers).

HTH



Sheila



PELLERIA f.
|| 1. Conjunt de pells; abrics o altres peces fetes de pell; cast. peletería. Lo seu caxó... tot ho trenquí | e li prenguí | sos ornaments..., l'argenteria | e pelleria | me n'alleujaren | e m'ho pagaren, Spill 3080. De blanques pelleries us heu emmantellada, Carner Sonets 83.
|| 2. Ofici de peller; botiga o lloc on treballen els pellers; cast. pellejería, peletería, ropavejería. Offici de la pelleria, doc. a. 1398 (Col. Bof. xl, 378). Cremà's tot lo Trench de sol y de rahel y les altres cases fins al cantó de la Pelleria, Antiq. 74.

http://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?word=draperia

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Note added at 17 mins (2016-11-10 16:53:48 GMT)
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Sorry, in the answer above I should have said 'tannery district' or something similar.
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Sheila Hardie
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Local time: 09:50
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tannery


Explanation:
Yes, I'd say it was the area where the tanneries were located. Cf. the definitions given in the DCVB. Definition 2 would fit your context (botiga o lloc on treballen els pellers).

HTH



Sheila



PELLERIA f.
|| 1. Conjunt de pells; abrics o altres peces fetes de pell; cast. peletería. Lo seu caxó... tot ho trenquí | e li prenguí | sos ornaments..., l'argenteria | e pelleria | me n'alleujaren | e m'ho pagaren, Spill 3080. De blanques pelleries us heu emmantellada, Carner Sonets 83.
|| 2. Ofici de peller; botiga o lloc on treballen els pellers; cast. pellejería, peletería, ropavejería. Offici de la pelleria, doc. a. 1398 (Col. Bof. xl, 378). Cremà's tot lo Trench de sol y de rahel y les altres cases fins al cantó de la Pelleria, Antiq. 74.

http://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?word=draperia

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Note added at 17 mins (2016-11-10 16:53:48 GMT)
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Sorry, in the answer above I should have said 'tannery district' or something similar.



    Reference: http://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?word=draperia
Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 09:50
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Thanks!!!

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agree  Helena Chavarria
3 mins

agree  Juan Jacob: S'cla... pell = skin.
3 hrs
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