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faisant à l'autre extrémité pendant au tympan

English translation: matching the tympanum at the other end

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French term or phrase:faisant à l\'autre extrémité pendant au tympan
English translation:matching the tympanum at the other end
Entered by: angela3thomas

19:22 Jul 7, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / ancient art
French term or phrase: faisant à l'autre extrémité pendant au tympan
Hi again!
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors. Catalog entry.
CONTEXT: 44101. Boîte à miroir. - Bois et ivoire. - (pl. XXIII). Couvercle. - [....] Le rectangle correspondant au manche du miroir forme un panneau qui se prolonge jusqu'à peu près le milieu de la partie circulaire coupée par une bande équatoriale décoré du motif (campanes et baies) observé sur la boîte. Cette coupure forme ainsi, d'une part, un tympan semi-circulaire et, d'autre part, deux secteurs de cercle de chaque côté du panneau. Les deux secteurs sont garnis d'une fleur de lotus irradiant ses pétales, en rose des vents. Sur le tympan, s'épanouit, au centre, un bouquet de papyrus vers lequel volette, de chaque côté, un canard au plumage bariolé. Un nid garni de trois oeufs, complète l'arrangement au-dessus de chacun des oiseaux. Le panneau rectangulaire se subdivise en un tableau principal, au centre de la composition et un panneau secondaire, ***faisant à l'autre extrémité pendant, par sa décoration, au tympan ci-dessus décrit***: on y retrouve en effet, mais en variante, la touffe de papyrus et les deux canards. La touffe est ici un bouquet de cinq campanes haut sur tige, et les canards volent, la tête en bas, dans des directions contraires.
http://bajolabovedaceleste.blogspot.com/2015/07/caja-para-es...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vsTHNyj6BK8/VaYHwjyjTuI/AAAAAAAAsj...
ATTEMPT: The rectangular panel is subdivided into a primary scene, at the center of the composition, and a secondary panel, forming, in terms of its decoration, a counterpart at the other extremity to the tympanum described above: in fact, the papyrus tuft and the two ducks are found here again, but in a modified version.
ISSUE: Or does it mean: a counterpart to the other extremity, to the tympanum described above? Normally I'd think "à l'autre extrémité" would be parallel or comparative to "au centre de la composition", but not with this author!
Thank you in advance!
angela3thomas
United States
matching the tympanum at the other end
Explanation:
Difficult to know why it is 'end' rather than 'side', but I'm having difficulty visualizing the structure here.
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Tony M
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Local time: 00:14
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Thanks so much for the answer and for the very helpful discussion from everyone!
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2 +1matching the tympanum at the other end
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faisant à l'autre extrémité pendant au tympan
matching the tympanum at the other end


Explanation:
Difficult to know why it is 'end' rather than 'side', but I'm having difficulty visualizing the structure here.

Tony M
France
Local time: 00:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96
Grading comment
Thanks so much for the answer and for the very helpful discussion from everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: You can see on the picture that the top end [the tympanum] and the bottom end have matching decoration
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  -> Thanks, Daryo!
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