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ID: 300133149
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300133149

 

Record Type: concept
spolia (<object genres by function>, object genres (object classifications), Object Genres (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Architectural materials reused; usually pieces built into a new fabric. A term used especially for ancient and Medieval instances of the practice.
 
Terms:
spolia (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
spolia (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
spoils (architecture) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
espolias (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
espolia (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PE

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Object Genres (hierarchy name)
.... Object Genres (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of object genres (object classifications)
........ object genres (object classifications) (G)
Hierarchy of <object genres by function>
............ <object genres by function> (G)
Hierarchy of spolia
................ spolia (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Hergebruikte architectonische materialen; meestal stukken die in een nieuwe constructie zijn ingebouwd. Term vooral van toepassing op architectuur uit Oudheid en Middeleeuwen. 
Spanish ..... Materiales arquitectónico re-usados; generalmente trozos construidos dentro de una nueva estructura. Un término usado especialmente para ejemplos de la práctica de la antigüedad y medievales. 

Related concepts:
contextualized in ....  repurposing
................................  (<processes and techniques by specific type>, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) [300417716]
distinguished from ....  make-dos
..................................  (<object genres by function>, object genres (object classifications), Object Genres (hierarchy name)) [300266868]
related to ....  palimpsests (general object genre)
..................  (<object genres by function>, object genres (object classifications), Object Genres (hierarchy name)) [300417973]

Sources and Contributors:
espolia............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.................  Koch, Baustilkunde (1991)
espolias............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
spoils (architecture)............  [VP]
......................................  Avery Index (1963-)
......................................  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term - FDA - 4/89
......................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
spolia............  [GCI Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  AATA database (2002-) 130748 checked 26 January 2012
.................  American Journal of Archaeology (1985-) Vol. 9, No. 1, 132, two Byzantine houses yielded earlier spolia
.................  Avery Index (1963-)
.................  Heritage Science (2009-) Vol. 6, No. 3, 379, Kinney, Dale. "Spolia from the Baths of Caracalla..."
.................  Weitzman, Age of Spirituality (1979) GLOS, Architectural materials reused.
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 130748 checked 26 January 2012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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