See figs. 43, 65, 127, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218.
A type of joint between two separately elements in which one element slots into the hollow “sleeve” of the other. The joint is generally further secured using pins, rivets, or by .
Note: “Join” is a verb and “joint” is a noun. We have chosen here to use the latter, but it is common to find references to Roman joins, sleeve joins, etc.
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Sources
Cultural Heritage: Bassett, Jane. 2008. The Craftsman Revealed: Adriaen de Vries, Sculptor in Bronze. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/9780892369195.html.; Beentjes, Theodorus Petrus Cornelis. 2019. “Casting Rodin’s Thinker – Sand Mould Casting, the Case of the Laren Thinker and Conservation Treatment Innovation.” PhD diss., Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=69db04ce-74ba-4e9c-95e1-a05f69e9d694.; Grissom, Carol A., and Ronald S. Harvey. 2003. “The Conservation of American War Memorials Made of Zinc.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 42 (1): 21–38.
Synonyms
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mortise and tenon join
Source: Cultural Heritage: Bourgarit, David, Benoît Mille, Thierry Borel, Pierre Baptiste, and Thierry Zéphir. 2003. “A Millennium of Khmer Bronze Metallurgy.” In Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art: Proceedings of the First Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, edited by Paul Jett, 103–26. London: Archetype.
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Roman join (alternate spelling)
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sleeve join
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socket and tenon join
Translations
French:
assemblage à la romaine
Assemblage par emboîtement de deux éléments coulés séparément, l’un constituant la partie mâle, l’autre la partie femelle.
Note: Des goujons (ou clavettes ou chevilles) peuvent être ajoutés. On parle alors d’assemblage « par tenon et mortaise ».
Source
Art and Craft Textbook: Rama, Jean-Pierre. 1988. Le bronze d’art et ses techniques. Dourdan, France: Editions H. Vial., 125
Alternate Translation
- assemblage par tenon et mortaise
German:
Steckverbindung
Source
Willer, Frank, Roland Schwab, and Manuela Mirschenz. 2016b. Römische Bronzestatuen am Limes: Archäometrische Untersuchungen Zur Herstellungstechnik.” Bonner Jahrbücher 216:57–187. https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/bjb/article/view/70701/64059., 122, 128, 186
Italian:
ghiera alla romana
Source
Bruni, Francesco. 1994. La fusione artistica a cera persa. Venezia-Marghera: Edizioni Arte., 123
Alternate Translation
- giuntura a innesto